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James Miller wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, it seems that, by the time Linux got 
> around to developing powerful wordprocessors (I mean 
> the kind that do advanced formatting like footnotes 
> and the like), everything was moving toward gui 
> frontends.

Wordprocessors probably need some sort of graphical 
display (if only to preview the completed document).  
If a perfectly good graphical display scheme exists 
for Linux (X), why use anything else?

> Would be nice to see some of these "backported" to 
> the console, no?  

I'm not sure about that.  I've always had a love/hate 
relationship with wp51.  More hate than love, actually.  
I had to use it at work, so I got my own copy to use
at home.  Inertia has kept me using it ever since.
If a version became available for Linux, I wouldn't
know whether to laugh or cry.

Cheers,
Steven