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From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Canonical list
Message-ID: <90068.091247UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 90 14:12:47 GMT
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In article <1910@clyde.concordia.ca>, stefan@sherlock.cs.concordia.ca (BUCHHOLZ
stefan) says:
>

  VIEWING NON WB FILES

>    1. Browser: allows one to view directories, copy files, etc, a la MAC
>plus all kind of goodies that a multitaking OS offers. Launch a task simply
>by clicking on the file name (even projects!!).

I use one of the disk utility programs, DU III by soembody, I forget.
serves the same purpose without cluttering up the screen with lots of
little windows.  With FACCII installed, it switches from dir to dir very
quickly.
>
>    2. Snap: cut and paste ANY stype font from ANY window on ANY screen.
>Beautiful, transparent, easy...


I've got it, but rarely have a use for it.  In fact, I've never used it since
I installed it.  I vote NO for snap as canonical USEFUL software.  Neat, yes.
>
>    3. ARP1.3: Replaces most AmigaDos commands with smaller more powerful
>ones. Very easily installable.

    I vote YES.
>
>    4. VirusX: Kills viruses dead! get it if you do more than play games.

    YES, again
>

WINDOW and SCREEN MANIPULATION
>    5. Switcher: Jump from 1 screen to another easily.  Has a bunch of
>nice options...
>

    I use dmouse to jump from screen to screen, and get mouse speedup,
screen blanking, and a popcli, too.  Never heard of switcher.



USER AGENTS  (eg script languages)
>    6. Scripit: Does what Arexx does, without Arexx headaches!!! A must!

        Does NOT do what AREXX does!!  Does something else that is
     just as useful, though.  And now, here comes TCL.
>
>        ...to be continued (someone pick up the ball)

TERMINAL EMULATORS

VT100 a solid package, and VLT for extra graphics power.

TEXT EDITORS

Whatever the official name of micro Gnu Emac was changed too.

DATABASE

There isn't one

SPREADSHEET

How's the new version of ANALYTICALC working??

WORD PROCESSORS

Well, there's proff for people who like that kind of thing.  (Me, for
example, but not my wife and certainly not my eight-year old 8-)

WYSIWYG WORD PROCESSORS

I don't know of one.  I wish there was a simple one.  Textra seems like
a nice jumping off point, but I don't believe the source is available.
Perhaps one of the older, obsolete-ish products would consider going
PD, or at least shareware.