Re: Interchange File Format (RTF)

[vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry)]

jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell) writes:

>Anything can read and work with RTF files. I don't know of an Apple II program
>that will interpret the formatting commands, but you can at least work with the
>text. I think the next version of Softdisk's WordWorks might support multiple
>formats, including RTF.
> 
>FYI, for those those that don't know RTF = rich text format, it is plain text
>with commands embedded like /bold on/.

Neat format!! Kind of like nroff. I like it.

I was thinking of writing a text editor that works directly with nroff format
(I didn't know about RTF) when I finish all the other projects I'm doing.
Maybe I won't have to!
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