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Article #621278Re: Old word processors
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:47
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:47
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 16:51:23 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: > > Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: >> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 07:15:01 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: >>> >>> Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net> wrote: >>>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:38:49 -0700, Peter Flass >>>> >>>> WordStar was WYSIWYG within the limits of a character-only >>>> terminal. >>> >>> Fixed-width characters with no bold or italic. I think it used attributes >>> like underline and reverse video to indicate bf and ital. >> >> WordStar produced bold and thelike. I am also quite sure you could tell >> it to use proportional. Or even had to tell it to *not* use proportional >> but fixed-width. Of course it's up to the printer whether it can produce >> them. > > I was thinking of what you could be expect to be displayed on the screen. WS has two modes. One for plain text, one for a "word document" which can have bold text among other. You only see plain ASCII characters in either case. But in the word document mode you see \bThis is bold\b or something. Only when it is printed on a printer you actually see bold text (if the printer supports that). -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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From: Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net>
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Subject: Re: Old word processors
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