[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <oe6dnbsExJlqqtzWnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> I wouldn't expect ANY word processor to be a huge success on VMS.  It's 
>> damned difficult to run a WYSIWYG processor on a system that natively 
>> can output only ASCII text.  You can run it on a workstation but I think 
>> it's a great deal cheaper to run it on a PC.
> 
>    Why in the world do you think VMS "can output only ASCII text"?  I've
>    been using other data formats on VMS since 1980.
> 

Which tools in VMS (not layered products) output selectable fonts and 
selectable type sizes?  I can do a lot with TeX and LaTeX but that's not 
native VMS.