[PLUG] A simplistic text editor to emulate wide-carriage typewriter

[Denis Heidtmann]

LibreOffice Writer:
Choose:

DejaVu Sans Mono

Setting tabs:

"On the ruler, set the tabs for the current paragraph, or all selected
paragraphs, using the mouse.

Initially the default tabs are shown on the horizontal ruler. Once you set
a tab, only the default tabs to the right of the tab that you have set are
available."


I was able to format the  page to landscape and a page length of 20
inches.  I did not try longer.



On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:53 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> On 06/04/2020 01:40 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
> > ed
>
> NO SALE :<
> Neither "tab " nor "tab-stop" appear in its manual.
> https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/manual/ed_manual.html
>
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 11:36 Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I want to do what would be trivial on a 20th century wide carriage
> >> mechanical typewriter. Current text editors {and even worse word
> >> processors} are too good(sic) to be of practical use.
> >>
> >> I _REQUIRE_:
> >>     a. fixed width font {Courier preferred}
> >>        Selectable font width. Only one width for each document.
> >>     b. *MUST* be able to set tab STOPS to an explicitly chosen column #
> >>        [Those of my generation fondly remember flipping down back cover
> >>         of the carriage, physically removing the "tab stop", and
> >>         reinserting at the notch of the desired column ;} ]
> >>     c.
> >>
> >> Extra points if in Debian repository.
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Long live the 026 :}
>
>
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