Re: Be not the last to set the old aside

["Richard A. Sherer" rasherer@xxxxxxxx]

Leslie,

I was going to chime in, but Rene did a wonderful job of summing up. I'll
switch to any word processor that offers the advantages of XyWrite, plus
Windows clipboard compatibility, greater speed in WYSIWYG and
convertibility to that god-awful melange of other word processors that my
editors insist on cluttering up their computers with. And if I don't find
one, I'll keep using XyWrite.

I've been hoping for one from TTG!

Seriously, the biggest plus is the flexibility. I use the command line, my
wife's cousin (also a writer) prefers menus. I can create macros on the
fly, you can build a sophisticated program to automate the routine tasks.

How can Mr. Gates counter that?

Richard A. Sherer

At 08:57 AM 7/10/98 +0900, you wrote:
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>>All of this, quite frankly, frightens me. So here is today's Big
>>Question: do people hereabouts use XyWrite because of all the good
>>things it does, or do they use it out of some cranky pride in not
>>upgrading, or (worse) because they fear the new?
>>End of rant. Flame away.
>>Leslie Bialler
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>Absolutely the former. I have said many times I'd use another software
>for writing, but at a minimum it should have a command line, an
>expanded mode, editable format commands, and kbd and spl files one
>can edit on the fly. It should also do what one wants and not make
>idiotic decisions on its own, like Microsoft Word. Name one, and I
>try it.
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>--Rene von Rentzell, Tokyo 
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