CHARLES ANGELICH wrote in a message to BILL BIRRELL:

CA> My preference is still Qedit and I drop to DOS frequently to avoid
CA> Windows editors and use Qedit macros to speed things up. I'm used
CA> to it and can get more done in less time that way. :-)

I use it more than anything else on this box,  too.  On linux I use mcedit,
which seems to be pretty similar in terms of capabilities,  though I've had
to work at keeping the keystrokes straight when switching sometimes.  :-)

Macros are something I've done very little with.  What sort of stuff do you
do with them that's useful?

BB> think Word can also do plain text editing, but I've never tried it. 

CA> When in Windows I use EditPad (notepad replacement) for most text
CA> files. Word is overkill and seems to fight writing plain text
CA> although it can if you force it.

That's a good way to describe a lot of that stuff,  you have to fight with
it to get it to do what you want it to do.

I've also been fiddling with copies of web pages here,  and had the
misfortune to acquire a few that were apparently done with word.  I've
decided that it's the worst possible tool there is for web pages,  at least
in terms of what I've encountered so far!  :-)

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