SD> - Microsoft Word. I think earlier versions were in WordPerfect, but I 
 SD> transitioned to Word for DOS at some point, and 
 SD> eventually to WinWord. I can't say I'd recommend it for 
 SD> a 300 page manual, or at least I wouldn't have at the 

I was just wondering what the best Word processor was to use on Max.doc.
Preferably something that does proper pagination and Table Of Contents. I
think editting the current Max.doc is kind of painful without a good word processor.

 SD> time. For the printed version, I recall having to 
 SD> manually use the Word line-drawing tools to add 
 SD> crop/registration marks to each individual section of 
 SD> the manual (of which there were at least a dozen). 
 SD> Needless to say, changing the page size was not an 
 SD> option after I did that. 

Didn't Word have a Header/Footer feature you could have used ?

 SD> - What's this "IDE" thing, anyway?  Early versions were 
 SD> written using the Turbo C IDE. My memory after that is 
 SD> fuzzy.

IDE. I never code outside of one.

I was trying to get an idea of what was used to write Maximus back in the day.
I'm nosing around the Watcom C/C++ IDE and I have to say, it sucks compared
to Visual Studio.

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