Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!dartvax!robertm From: robertm@dartvax.UUCP (Robert P. Munafo) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Word Processor reviews wanted Message-ID: <670@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 14:04:55 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.670 Posted: Wed Feb 1 14:04:55 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 04:42:06 EST References: <881@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College Lines: 25 x <--- feed this to the bug By far the best word-processor I've seen for the Commodore 64 is Speedscript, which was published in the January issue of Compute!'s Gazette magazine. (That's right, it's public domain, and practically free!) It's 4.5 K of machine language, and you type it in using the magazine's bug-free data entry program called 'MLX'. You can order the back-issue from the publishers - pick up a current issue to find out how to do this. I highly recommend this program. It has word-wrap, and the user is simultaneously in 'move around the file' mode and 'insert/delete text' mode - and it's a true screen editor. It is also possible to insert inverse characters into the document which serve as commands for the following functions: Toggle underlining on/off Set top and bottom margins Center, right-justify text Set right and left margins Automatic page numbering at top or bottom center, top right corner, etc. Single or double spacing Send special characters to printer Pause at the end of each page of output for user to hit RETURN In addition, the output can be sent to any desired channel and secondary address (including the screen for testing output.) Anyway, both Speedscript and the MLX data-entry program are in the January 1984 issue of that magazine. Robert P. Munafo ...|{decvax,linus}|dartvax|robertm