From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 11 14:00:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA27266 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 14:00:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shell.monmouth.com (pechter@shell.monmouth.com [205.164.220.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA27239; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 14:00:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from pechter@localhost) by shell.monmouth.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA19237; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:56:08 -0400 From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter Message-Id: <199606112056.QAA19237@shell.monmouth.com> Subject: Re: style and diction To: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:56:06 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199606112034.NAA21213@athena.tera.com> from "Gary Kline" at Jun 11, 96 01:34:18 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > According to Garrett Wollman: > > < > > > > Whatever became of style, diction, and other programs from the "writer's workbench?" > > > > So far as I know, these programs have never been part of the BSD > > system. I associate them exclusively with System V and its > > predecessors (and thus the ATTIS/USG/USL/Novell/SCO side of the > > family). > > > > The diction suite was part of 4.4BSD-alpha. But it got > snagged out during the litigation that gave us Lite2. > > I bought some DOS shareware years ago that was a clone > of part of the functionality of diction, style, etc., so > it can't be that hard to clone. Just requires someone > with an exceptional grasp of English. Plus the savvy > to do the hack... . > > diction was written by profs at Brown or Cornell or one > of those 15 or more years ago. It might not hurt to > ask people in the English Department <> if > they'd like to help create a clone or a superset. > > gary kline Ah, what I'd like to see is "learn" reimplemented. Anyone ever see that on the net anywhere? Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | 17 Meredith Drive, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724, 908-389-3592 | pechter@shell.monmouth.com I'll run Win95 on my box when you pry the keyboard from my cold, dead hands. FreeBSD, OS/2, CP/M, RT11, spoken here.