I don't know anyone who would ever write a manuscript as collection of text files. I know of two professional writers who use Emacs. Neal Stephenson: If you a

I don't know anyone who would ever write a manuscript as collection of text files. I know of two professional writers who use Emacs. Neal Stephenson: If you are a professional writer--i.e., if someone else is getting paid to worry about how your words are formatted and printed--emacs outshines all other editing software in approximately the same way that the noonday sun does the stars. http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/C_R_Y_P_T_O_N_O_M_I_C_O_N.shtml http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/C_R_Y_P_T_O_N_O_M_I_C_O_N.sht... Vernor Vinge also uses Emacs, and RCS for version control: http://www.norwescon.org/archives/norwescon33/vingeinterview.htm http://www.norwescon.org/archives/norwescon33/vingeinterview... I'm under the impression that many fiction writers work with straight, unformatted text.