Re: Re Linux word processors

["mike shupp" mikeshupp@xxxxxxxx]

the main thing about dsr was its handling of "headers". When your
writing a 300+ page (single spaced) document in which 3 out of 4 paragraphs
begin with something like "3.1.4.1.5.9.6.5.p(i)", you

need a fair amount of brute strength-- which was lacking in the pc
world in the mid 80's. On the VAX-780, dsr could format such a document,
generate a table of contents, and toss it all up for display and correction
on a terminal in about five minutes.


I wouldn't say dsr was extremely sophisticated or much fun to use,
but some things it did very well.



----Original Message Follows----
From: cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)
Reply-To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Re Linux word processors
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:20:28 +0000

mike shupp said:
≪ Metaphorically, XyWrite is to dsr ("Digital Standard
 Runoff") as a light pickup truck is to a 18-wheeler
freighter with a Peterbilt prime mover. ≫

Why do you say that? On a quick read-through,
dsr's commands seem confined pretty much to
garden-variety formatting.

--
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxx
http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/


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