Introduction

Pathetic Writer is an X-based word processor for Linux. It uses Scheme (a Lisp dialect) as an extension language, which makes it easy to create new functions (for native Lispers, that is). It is copyrighted by me, Ulric Eriksson, but is free for use by anybody without paying me any money. Read the file COPYING for more information. The latest version is 2.70.

The name Pathetic Writer describes the program pretty well. It is also funnier than Poetic Writer. Finally, "pw" is "wp" in reverse.

Pathetic Writer is distributed together with SIAG and Egon. The rest can be left out at the cost of reduced functionality.

These are not the original versions of anything. I have modified the sources to give the programs a more uniform look. It works for me.

I can be reached at ulric@edu.stockholm.se. My Web page is http://www.edu.stockholm.se/~ulric.


Ulric Eriksson - February 1997 - ulric@edu.stockholm.se