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From: peter@aucs.uucp (Peter Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWorld
Message-ID: <1989Aug17.113507.11903@aucs.uucp>
Date: 17 Aug 89 11:35:07 GMT
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> So, soes it have CASE TRANSPOSING ?? This is why I use EMACS. I mean, really.
> Case transposing, flashing parentheses and autoindent can be quite nifty
> preparing lab reports, novels or letters too, apart from being a must in
> any code editor. Does any word processor on the market provide this ?
> (Microsoft ? Are you listening ? 8)

If I was to choose a word processor, case transposing would not be high
on my list of requirements. It's something I need occassionally, but
certainly can live without it. Autoindent can be achieved very easily
in Word using the left hand indent. I think one has to be careful
in comparing a wordprocessor to a program editor. I can't imagine
that EMACS would make a very good wordprocessor, but it's probably
an acceptable program editor. The requirements of the two types of
editors are simply different.


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