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Subject: Re: Which Word Processor in 1987?
Message-ID: <10499@clyde.ATT.COM>
Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 12:07:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 24 12:07:07 1987
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Summary: XyWrite is the look-alike to Atex

In article <35a635f3.d5c4@apollo.uucp>, tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross) writes:
> 
>     
>     What word processor would you choose today for developing
>     code on a mod 50?
>................ 
> 
>     Does anyone remember the name of the MS/DOS editor which was
>     a look-alike of the Atex editor, and is it still available?
> 
>     I realize that this could start a religious argument, but
>     it's a serious request.  
> 
> /tom


Answering only one of your questions: the look-alike to
Atex I think is Xywrite.  At least I understand large
publishing outfits such as NY Times, Newsweek, etc.
use Atex and their reporters can send in copy done
on laptops using XyWrite word processor which can
be read directly by Atex. (The publishers of 
XyWrite had a hand in the programming of Atex).
How XyWrite would work as a programming editor I
have never tried, however it can be programmed to
be virtually anything you want, so I wouldn't be
surprised to see that work.  It is the fastest
word processor I have ever worked with.

Forrest Gehrke