Re: Is XY-Write a word-processor or a text editor?

["David B. Kronenfeld" kfeld@xxxxxxxx]

At 03:33 AM 12/12/00 +1100, Michael Edwards wrote:
>                          Michael Edwards.


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>    It sounds powerful enough. I guess the advantage of readable formatting
> codes would be that, if you understand them, and want to have very fine
> control
>
> over a document, you can change them manually. Does this work a bit like
> WordPerfect's feature where you can show (and directly change) the formatting
> codes?

    Yes, it does this--only much much more easily and completely !
>    I like programs that let me have control over my own work, and don't get
> bossy and try to tell me the way I should work.

    Amen !

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> [Rene von Rentzell:]
>
> >Why don't you surf to the NotaBene site (www.notabene.com) where you can
> >download a free trial version of NotaBene, which is basically XYwrite in
> >fancy Windows clothing.
> ----------------------------------------
>
>    Well, I think I would prefer the DOS version, actually, although, not
> knowing the program in any detail, I'm not totally rigid about that. But
> I like
>
> the style of DOS programs better generally, and prefer (as a touch-typist) to
> operate programs as much as possible from the keyboard, with shortcuts etc.,
> rather than using the mouse, which can make my hand ache if I do it too
> long at
>
> a time.
>    Is there any reason why I should prefer the Windows version (Nota Bene)?
> And the DOS version *is* still available, isn't it?
    Other than taste and preference, it does not much matter. I find
it useful to be able to deal with stuff in the Windows world, even though I
hate Windows for the reasons you indicated.
    The chief advantage of the NB demo is that you can give it a free
test drive--which is useful even re the DOS XY, if you don't have easy
access to a free copy.


            Cheers
                David



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