http://lentic.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/a-nice-text-editor/ Kjell H Andersen on photography and life Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:39:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://lentic.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/a-nice-text-editor/#comment-1097 Kjell Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:27:27 +0000 http://blog.lentic.net/?p=927#comment-1097 Yes, that's right. But then WP grew into a monster. Yes, that’s right. But then WP grew into a monster.

]]> http://lentic.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/a-nice-text-editor/#comment-1096 Les Richardson Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:44:03 +0000 http://blog.lentic.net/?p=927#comment-1096 This is precisely the way that the OLD Wordperfect started. Nice clean screen in order to type stuff, without having to worry about formatting. Similar for another oldie, but forget the name. This is from early DOS vintage.... early 90's, Late 80's. LOL! Authoring, as you point out, is really about words not layout. Students forget that, and it gets in their way, IMO. This is precisely the way that the OLD Wordperfect started. Nice clean screen in order to type stuff, without having to worry about formatting. Similar for another oldie, but forget the name. This is from early DOS vintage…. early 90’s, Late 80’s. LOL!
Authoring, as you point out, is really about words not layout. Students forget that, and it gets in their way, IMO.

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