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From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Info about "Paragraph Engine"?
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Date: 30 Jan 89 18:26:00 GMT
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bob@accuvax.nwu.edu(bob Hablutzel) writes in comp.sys.mac.programmer

>> Some time ago I heard mention of a "Paragraph Engine" which seems to be
>> a library supporting word processing. Could someone please provide me
>> with details:
>> - which word processing features does it support? Tabs, scripts, style
>>   sheets, undo, ...
>> - is it designed to be integrated into MacApp?
>> - is it available as source text, or object code only?
>> - how much does it cost?
>
>
>I haven't looked at this product for some time, for reasons of cost, but as
>I remember, there are two inter-related products. Paragraph Engine is a 
>full text editing environment (files greater than 32K, etc), while WP-Engine
>adds full word processing capabilities to it. It is available in source, but
>get ready to sell your house to buy it. Object code alone was incredably
>expensive, but I don't remember actual figures.
>
	Datapak Software offers two products, Paragraph Engine and WP-Engine (the
later standing for Word Processing).  Paragraph Engine is a (as Bob points
out) just a text-editing environment which supports all those good things
like Tabs, indents, Multi Font/Size/Styles, Standard Edit commands. It is 
basically what Apple TE should have been!!  I beleive the pricing is $500 for
Object (MPW .o format) and I don't know for source (in 68K asm)
	WP-Engine on the other hand expands on the Paragraph Engine to include
additional Word Processing features such as inclusion of graphics (and text
wrap around them), Search/Replace, Import/Export in MacWrite and Word formats
and other stuff...They want $2500 for the object and $25000 for source for this
one.  I have just signed a contract for the object of WPEngine and shouldhave
more to say after I have a chance to play with it.

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