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From: tech@usceast.UUCP (System Technician)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: ? What text editing programs are available for STs?
Message-ID: <2263@usceast.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 28-Jun-86 23:14:07 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 28 23:14:07 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?
>
>RDROYA01@ULKYVX.BITNET

Over here at usceast (the east coast campus of USC) we have recently made the
port of both emacs-3.6 and the public domain text formatter proff to the 
ST-520.

    Those of you that might like binary's should drop mail at this address
and if there is enough intrest I will post them. By the way, I have been
using the Micro C-Shell for some time now and those of you with an extra
dollar or two should give it a try ---- Just a satisfied customer. 

Micro Emacs is great -- we are porting it to the world or what little left
there is.

				Good Luck 
				W.R.Wood

Can you say "Opinion?"