-->>How compatible is RTF from one platform to another?

darn good question.

-->>I've been unable to read MS Word RTF files in 
-->>NeXT's RTF editor and vice versa, for example.

i use rtf often to go from my NeXT (love that NeXT
webter app!!!!??? how did i live without it?) and mac 
and back again and it usually works ok, or will spazz 
out in minor fixable ways, though i must admit: i 
avoid word like the plague.  i use wordperfect
and claris more often.  (Though i am gravitating to claris
nisus so that i can use Apple's Korean langauge kit
and mix englis with the 2-bit fonts that i need)

I wonder about SGI though.  I haven't worked 
much on that platform so i don't know what 
beyond that god awful jot thing there is for
text processing on it (not a big X fan!).

But i know that RTF was made just for this type 
of thing and i was wondering why it is not often used.
(though i often also wonder why my DATs made on
panasonic don't work in a sony or tascam, it is nice to
have standards that no one follows!)

i suppose that rtf would be ok for PC and Mac and NeXT
and postscript (shudder) would be good for SGI and NeXT.
so the two formats would cover it pretty well.

I am not a big fan of HTML for non web stuff.
I like to print my docs out and have hardcopies and
importing HTML into word or wordperfect is a pain.
but perhaps HTML is best, i dunno.

-kp--