[sclug] Re: Wanted: text mode word processor

David Given dg at cowlark.com
Thu Dec 7 15:48:14 UTC 2006


Matt Lee wrote:
[...]
> Why not something like emacs? It can do all the things I need in a
> Word Processor. It has a spell checker, and it will run on any
> GNU/Linux system.

Does it do markup? I mean, can I persuade it to boldify the word 'bold' on the
screen without needing to have on-screen sequences to give the syntax
highlighting engine something to hook against?

If so, that would do nicely. (Although as a long-time vim user, it is against
all my principles.)

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