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From: pete@wlbreng1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: text formatting/word processing
Message-ID: <182@wlbreng1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Mar-87 12:50:01 EST
Article-I.D.: wlbreng1.182
Posted: Fri Mar 20 12:50:01 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Mar-87 21:49:08 EST
References: <1570@tekigm2.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: pete@wlbreng1.UUCP (0000-Pete Lyall)
Organization: Eaton Inc. IMSD, Westlake Village, CA
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Keywords: COCO 3

In article <1570@tekigm2.TEK.COM> neals@tekigm2.UUCP (Neal A. Sedell) writes:
>
>I would like to use my '3 to write papers for school, and I'd
>really like to do it under OS9.  The question: is there any way
>other than using TSWord?  What do YOU use to format text with?

[assorted text deleted]

>.....A spelling checker would be nice but I don't
>want any other bells or whistles.
>
>--------------------------------
>Neal Sedell   neals@tekigm2.UUCP
>--------------------------------

I have found that one of the best kept secrets in text formatting is the 
'TEXT' formatter from Computerware. I believe it's still $34.95 . It
claims to be an 'NROFF' compatible formatter (assuming use of the
memorandum macros 'mm'). This is *somewhat* debatable.. there are a
few minro tweaks that need to be made on a document prepared using TEXT if
it is later to be printed using Nroff, but for the most part, I ship
reports & papers back and forth between Unix and OS9 and am able to
produce smartly formatted output from the same basic file.

There are a variety of editors available in the public domain for OS9.
If your choice was a line editor, I'd recommend QED. It's available
in the UG library (either in the OS9 Forum on CompuServe or directly
available from the UG). If you choice is full screen, the MicroEmacs
has been ported to OS9. I have a copy running under level II on my
Gimix, and it looks as if it'd be a trivial modification to make it
run under the Coco3's version of OS9. Be advised that it doesn't
utilize some of the flashier features of Uemacs - yet.

Lastly, regarding a spelling checker. This TOO is available in the
public domain. There was one written by Eric Williams years ago, alonf
with tools to add words, decrypt the dictionary, etc. Carl Kreider
(one of our OS9 gurus) has speed it up, and provided for additional
dictionaries for both common words and user specific words, in
addition to the gobal dictionary.

Hope this has been helpful.


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