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From: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Notepad...?
Message-ID: <201@antares.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 88 00:26:01 GMT
References: <999@netxcom.UUCP> <820@applix.UUCP> <2806@sugar.uu.net>
Reply-To: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith)
Organization: Tymnet QSATS, San Jose CA
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I have found that Notepad is a WYDSIWYSW editor.  What You Don't See Is What
Your's Stuck With.  Especially when trying to create a Notepad document with
a sample of all the various fonts.  I changed to a second font, changed my
mind, deleted the text, change to a 3rd, deleted, changed to a 4th, etc, and
then tried to insert some new text in front of the line.  Guess which font
it used?  Beats me!  If it had some sort of "display codes" feature this
would not have been a problem.

The only use for Notepad is a two-page README file for the beginning users.

To the original poster:  If you are intending to have a manual that can be
invoked by clicking on an icon, then do like Fred Fish and include a program
like "less" or "more" to display the manual.  Don't use Notepad.

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