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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > 3.  I can run Wordperfect (text mode) on my TTL monitor in DOS - dosemu
> > and qemu make a mess of it.
>
> Why do you need a WYSIWYG 'editor'?
>
> I use vi (a 'simple' editor) to write html and convert it to
> PDF/PS with a single keystroke. This is has proved to be more
> than adequate for any printing task. And there's tex and latex
> too...

I work for people who insist on things like bold, underline, center, page 
breaks, etc.  They usually accept WP5.1 (Wordperfect) if I rename it to 
.doc.

 >
> > 4.  The TTL monitor displays both underlines and bolds properly.
>
> So does mine.

Not in linux, not at the same time.  The author of mdacon said he would 
work on this some day.

> > 5.  Two small DOS database programs do what I want.  Linux programs are
> > big and confusing.  I found one for DOS and linux but it is buggy.
>
> Don't know db programs. The ones I know about _are_ big and
> confusing, but I'll bet there are smaller and simpler ones.

My DOS programs are 40K and something else under 100K.

> > 7. Don't need to mount a floppy disk or partition to use it,
>
> Yes you do. It's just done automatically. Like a properly
> configured linux does.
Linux takes time mounting things even after given the command and it 
complains a lot when I forget to unmount, and on this computer it gets all 
confused in linux even when I do it right, and DOS works fine.

> > or reboot to turn it off.
>
> Neither do I. You have a weird setup for linux.
I don't need to 'halt' DOS either.
> Lee
Sindi