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From: garyf@mc0.UUCP (gary friedman)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Framework II review
Message-ID: <289@mc0.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Jun-86 14:22:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 18 14:22:19 1986
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Reply-To: garyf@mc0.UUCP (gary friedman)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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Now that Framework has had its justified praise, I thought I'd throw
in my 2 cents as to some of the more serious bugs I found in FWII.

The telecommunications functions (which I find *easier* to use than 
XTALK (it all depends on what you're used to)) don't always allow you 
to exit via cntr-BREAK keystrokes.  Also, if any of the Terminal Emulation
modes is in use, your Telcomm frame will only contain 1 or 2 lines of 
your session.

The word processing and outline features are so fast and so well imple-
mented its disgusting.  The commands are either pull-down-menu-driven 
for beginners or super-effieient control commands (a la WordStar) for
experts.  The Wordstar Import/Export utilities, however, are so bug 
riddin as to make them almost unusable.  Boldface, Italics, and under-
lining don't always start and stop when instructed.  Justified paragraphs
sometimes have lines with leading spaces, pushing the right edge out
of alignment.  Centered text isn't.  I have complained about this to 
Ashton Tate's normally superb customer support and they have been dragging
their feet.  (Not that I like WS, but one must interface with the outside
world!)  

Despite these (temporary?) drawbacks, I agree wholeheartedly with previous
praise for this package.   It is a fast and powerful tool, and must have
been a real pain to write!




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Gary Friedman
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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