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Aucbvax.5519 net.general,net.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!caren@berkeley Mon Dec 21 12:03:09 1981 Interactive Text Formatter I am looking for a more interactive text/formatter than vi/nroff, so that for example, lines are filled on the screen as you type them, as is done with stand-alone word processors. Perhaps a user interactively develops a page of text on the screen as he/she wants it to appear and then makes pretty much an exact copy on paper. This is limited a little by stupid termi- nals -- wrong aspect ratio (not 8.5 x 11), lack of overstrike or bold, etc. Are there ways around these limitations which preserve a much more interacive quality than nroff has? In many applications we need a simpler, easier to learn, formatter with less power than vi/troff. Please respond directly to me, caren@berkeley.

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