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Subject:Plain Old Text From:<tf -at- malcolmsmith -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 10 Mar 2000 19:15:47 +0200
Hey Guys,
I've been curious about something for a pretty long time now. Is it
possible to just write your documents in plain old b-flat ascii
text, and then transfer it to, say, Word, or Framemaker for
formatting?
I guess after a certain level of complexity this would be
impractical... but I genuinely *like* plain old text. Nice
fixed-width fonts, etc. etc. I know you still need the bloated set
of tools, but like I said, I'm curious.
