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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite Professional
Message-ID: <3873@fluke.COM>
Date: 26 May 88 17:10:34 GMT
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In article <2041@copper.TEK.COM> jackd@copper.UUCP (Jack Decker) writes:
>Okay FullWrite seers, tell me this:  can FW import ASCII files
>with embedded codes containing formatting information? My boss
>wants a package that will let writers use vi, Wordstar, EMACS
>or whatever to enter text containing formatting codes that the
>word processor will understand.  Of course non-WYSIWYG packages
>like JustText and TeX support this but as far as I know, Interleaf
>is the only WYSIWYGer that does.  How about FullWrite?

I'm almost certain that the answer is "no", but it depends on what you mean
by "formatting information".  Do they conform to some kind of a text
formatting standard, or are they associated only with Interleaf?

Interesting concept, at least from the workstation standpoint.  However, I
think I prefer FrameMaker's solution, i.e. you can save a document in the
MIF format, which is basically all-text and can be editted in any text
editor.  Neither method is particularly attractive, but control-code
formatting commands would be particularly nasty...

                        "This Dec. 7th, the summit which will ban all
                         medium-range nuclear missiles has already run into
                         its first snag: The National Rifle Association has
                         officially protested the treaty, and says its
                         members will continue to own and carry nuclear
                         missiles -- but only for hunting and
                         self-protection, of course."
                                    -- Dennis Miller, SNL News
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