On Tue Jul-17-2012 23:55, mark lewis (1:3634/12) wrote to alexander koryagin:

 ml> i don't know... i don't do word processing... anything i need to write
 ml> out is done in a general purpose editor... i've never seen a need to
 ml> pretty things up with different fonts and styles... just get it written
 ml> and be done with it 

 ak> I believe "word processor" is a synonym of "text editor". 

 ml> possibly but not correct... a "word processor" does fonts, line
 ml> spacing, letter spacing, embeds graphics in a page, etc... a "text
 ml> editor" uses one font or character style and only handles text...
 ml> many text editors are used by programmers as code editors...

 ml> i remember a MultiEdit program from way back... it was just a text
 ml> editor... i used it for coding... it would automatically format and
 ml> color code keywords and similar for the language i was coding in at
 ml> the time...

Here is another:

Word Processor: software that magically transforms its user into a professional
author.


Regards,

Roger 
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