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From: tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Mince (Mince Is Not Complete Emacs)??
Message-ID: <1157@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 88 18:47:13 GMT
References: <456@xios.XIOS.UUCP>
Reply-To: tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody)
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Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA.
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In article <456@xios.XIOS.UUCP> jim@xios.UUCP (Jim Tinkess) writes:
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>A company called 'Mark Of the Unicorn' used to make a emacs style
>editor called MINCE. Are they still in business? Does anyone on the
>net use mince? I heard it was a very nice editor.
>								
>							thanks...


Mark of the Unicorn now markets an emacs-style editor plus a
scribe-style formatter under the name "Final Word."  The editor uses a
huge (525K) swap file for holding pieces of text.  Also, it is beefed up
with many menu-driven macros for inserting the "scribe" format commands.

To a great extent, Final Word is exactly the same product as Perfect
Writer, the CP/M program that used to be bundled with Kaypros, along
with WordStar.

I read a review of Final Word in which the separation of editing and
formatting was described as a "breakthrough."  Now, I personally
appreciate the separation of editing and formatting, especially for
longer documents, and I eagerly await the appearance of micro-scribe. 
But this way of doing things is hardly a breakthrough.

-- 
Todd Moody * {allegra|astrovax|bpa|burdvax}!sjuvax!tmoody * SJU Phil. Dept.
    "The wind is not moving.  The flag is not moving.  Mind is moving."