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From: long@sask.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: PROFF... has anybody improved it yet??
Message-ID: <657@sask.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Apr-87 02:32:22 EST
Article-I.D.: sask.657
Posted: Thu Apr  2 02:32:22 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Apr-87 10:21:22 EST
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
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I now feel that PROFF is superior to all the word processors out
for the ATARI.  The main feature is the automatic generation of the
Table of Contents.

However,  it is just pitiful when trying to do BOLDFACE or
UNDERLINE.  I know tht backspace is a handyway to do things so that
they work on anything, but it is painfully slow, especially when I
know that my printer is being slowed to a tenth of its speed.
Another bug is that I can't figure out how to use the ITALICS feature
without PROFF doing a line break.

Since I have the source to PROFF, I intend on getting into it, and
enabling it to do the things it does do CORRECTLY, and to maybe
add somemore features, like ITALICS, etc.  I am going to set this up
to work with an EPSON FX-80 compatible printer, (the industry
standard for an ST??).

Has anyone already done this??  Am I wasting my time??

Warren

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