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[Day Brown <daybrown AT hypertech.net>]

James Miller wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Day Brown wrote:
> 
> > First off, most of us compose text for this screen, not to be printed on
> > paper.
> 
> Speak fer yerself.  I need a wsiwyg wordprocessor: I often have to write
> things for publication with advanced formatting (footnotes, centering,
> block indentation, varying fonts and languages), and something that can
> faithfully display what the printed page is going to look like saves me
> time and energy.
There are a kazillion wsiwyg to choose from. I aint saying to abandon
them.
I only say, that from the standpoint of text presentation on this
screen,
these wsiwyg tools are not very well adapted.