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From: RDROYA01@ULKYVX.BITNET (Robert Royar)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: ? What text editing programs are available for STs?
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Date: Fri, 27-Jun-86 14:38:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 27 14:38:00 1986
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I don't own an Atari,  but  a friend  of mine has  asked me about whether he
should buy an Atari-ST or some other computer for his work.   He is a writer
and needs to be able to produce large documents easily.  He is not, and does
not intend  to become a  programmer.  My question  is  how much editing  and
formatting software is  already  available?   He would  like an  EMACS  like
editor and a  SCRIBE like  formatter.   The editor   should support multiple
windows and buffers.   It  should use ASCII text, and  not  insert any funny
characters for its own purposes.  I use Micro-Emacs on a micro, and we  have
EMACS on our VAX.  He  would like something similar on  whatever computer he
finally buys.  How about  ST users, is  there  a strong enough software base
yet for him to be satisfied?

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