Re: Word Processor

[bird@MCS.COM (J. L. Walters)]

In article <56l028$10m@milo.vcn.bc.ca>, Gareth Jones <gareth@vcn.bc.ca> wrote:

> I recently suggested to Seven Hills that they consider a feature for 
> GraphicWriter III that would make the lack of a good GS word processor 
> more livable - the "story editor." The way I pictured it was:

> 1. click the I-beam cursor in a text region
> 2. select "story editor" from a menu
> 3. A full-screen window opens up with the current text ready for editing.
> 4. Close the window, and you are asked whether you want the changes to be 
> saved to the GWIII document.

> Since GWIII already has good layout controls and spell checker, a simple 
> editing screen may be all we need. Thoughts?

Expanding a bit, perhaps they could use an existing word processor
e.g., uemacs.

Questions:

Would all of the text in the GW3 window be in the story editor's
window? If so, how does it maintain the formatting in the GW3 window
when one returns to the GW3 window?

Would it be better to bring only selected text to the story editor?
If so, and if none selected where would added text go on return to
GW3? At the I-beam?

Kind Regards,
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	Joe Walters:  bird@mcs.com or J.L.Walters@genie.com
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