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Date: Wed,  5 Feb 2014 08:04:04 -0800
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On Feb 5, 2014, at 3:36 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> once one thinks about major modifications, i think it becomes attractive
> to think about a new editor.  i miss having graphics.
If you mean mixed text and image, you will end up with some sort of structur=
ed markup language and a "word processor"!

What I want is support for complex text layout rendering (for Indian languag=
es among others). This requires supporting OpenType fonts, not an easy task.=
 Mac's TextEdit seems to do a decent job of this but I don't like it as an e=
ditor.=20=