You could modify the SGML codes to create documents that were compatible with all other versions of WordPerfect and MS Word, but he features that were supported in the document format, but not in the software.

For instance, I could change use more than the 16 colours that the Word for Windows UI allowed you to use, even though the displayed correctly in the WYSIWYG editor and printed correctly.

[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh god, SGML. That's a memory I had successfully repressed.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

I used to write my Computer Science assignments in DocBook (XML). It would amaze the assessor’s when they said they wanted a PDF or PostScript or HTML or whatever and I would spit out a document custom formatted for whichever platform they wanted.

Then they would ask for it in Word DOC and I would be screwed.

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Hell yeah. I ran Corel Linux their last gasp at a pivot….