I didn't say I wanted to go back to the '286 processor, but at least the major word processor (Word Star) that that ran on the 286 didn't try to guess what I wanted to type. 1/2 means 1/2 not the one-half symbol and 1/1 means 1/1 and not 1/1/2005. No user should have to go through the extra steps for it to display it the way you typed it. It is just a bad design, IMHO. Too much like Microsoft Office. Too much feature creep. I come from the vi and emacs days using terminals and telnet sessions. Not bad; it gets the job done w/o much fanfare. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [users] How you you configure it to stop converting 1/2 to the one-half character???
> Scott Howell wrote: > > Again, I miss the days to limited memory/functionality word > > processors. Attention DEVELOPERS....Think SIMPLE, think Word Star!!!! > > Menu | Table > Number Format > Text (or whatever else you want) > > And why on earth would you want to go back to an 8MHz 80286 with 64K RAM? > > Doug > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
