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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Call for new IFF format
Message-ID: <3310@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 88 23:33:11 GMT
References: <8802100718.AA23834@jade.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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> Developers:

> Before thing get too out of hand (if they're not already), why
> not a standardized format for word processor files.  Word
> Perfect files can't be read by ProWrite, which can't be read by
> VizaWrite, which can't be read by TextCraft, and so on ad nauseum.

As I recall, both ProWrite and TextCraft+ use IFF forms for their data.
TextCraft+ uses the original FTXT form, same as the Amiga clipboard uses.
ProWrite uses a form called WORD, which is apparently more powerful than
FTXT.  WordPerfect would certainly be expected to read/write WordPerfect
format, same as what's on the IBM, Atari, or UNIX version of WP.

As for the others, who knows.  It would be real nice is folks could get
together on this, even if they only agree to all have a read/write option
at the FTXT level.  For sound, a good portion of the programs can handle
SMUS and the sampled form (8SVX?), even if they have a higher power form
of their own.  

> Floyd Vest
-- 
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