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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Is WordPerfect 5.0 any good?
Message-ID: <7444@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 Jan 89 21:38:35 GMT
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In article <14622@srcsip.UUCP> rogers@orion.UUCP (Brynn Rogers) writes:
>
> I have a qustion for Word processing fans.
>what can W*** do that makes it better than EMACS ??
>	  ^^^  substitute favorite  W.P.   ^^^^^  any version.

Probably nothing that couldn't be done by the combination of emacs/vi
and tex/troff, but the integration of editor/formatter makes it a
lot easier to use.

For example, with WP 5.0 you can set up columns on the screen and
change fonts and font sizes at will (by selecting from a menu since the
program knows what the printer can do).  The word wrap within the
columns will be done correctly according to the character sizes.  There
is no way a stand-alone editor like emacs can do that. It can also give
you a reasonable screen preview of the printout including any graphics
you may have attached. 

If you don't do columns/font changes/graphics or you can remember all of
the TeX commands and envision their effects it probably doesn't matter.

Les Mikesell