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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:22:09 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray)
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Some hot apps for FreeBSD!
Message-ID:  <199603112352.KAA24265@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199603110909.LAA02906@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Mar 11, 96 11:09:16 am

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Mark Murray stands accused of saying:
> 
> 
> ------- Forwarded Message
> 
> Subject: Re: Announcement of release of two X11 applications from X4U
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:32:05 GMT
> 
> In comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce, Laurent Genier
> <Laurent.Genier@epita.fr> wrote:
> 
> >[ i edited the subject somewhat; it wasn't particularly clear -- cgd]
> 
> >X4U has released XClamation, a Publishing Application and XQuad, a
> >spreadsheet.

Looks kinda cute, but they don't support $@^#&^%$ 16-bit visuals.

This _really_ makes me mad.  Apart from Netscape, almost _nobody_ gets them
right 8(

I fired it up on an 8-bit display at home, and 'Xclamation' reminded me
somewhat of Calamus on the ST; I stopped before I got too homesick, but
basically it looks like a reasonably good package.

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