Editing Lexicon (program)

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'''Lexicon''' was a [[text editor]] / [[word processor]] [[MS-DOS]] program that was extremely popular in the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] at the end of 1980s and in 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Name|date=1996-07-16|title=INTEGRATION FIRM SAVES RUSSIAN WORD PROCESSING PACKAGE|url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/integration_firm_saves_russian_word_processing_package|access-date=2022-02-25|website=Tech Monitor|language=en-US}}</ref> Some estimate that Lexicon was illegally installed on 95% of all Russian PCs. The last version for MS-DOS was 1.4. Later [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] versions were developed, but they were not popular, due to easily available pirated copies of [[Microsoft Word]].

Lexicon was originally developed at the Computing Center of the [[Academy of Sciences of the USSR]] by Ye.&nbsp;N.&nbsp;Veselov.

Lexicon could produce and edit [[plain text]] files; at the same time, it could enrich them with various formatting codes (which all started with the character 255 (0xFF)). Lexicon also included a [[spell checker]].

Lexicon supported operations with linear and rectangular blocks; it also had convenient means for drawing tables with [[box drawing characters]].

Lexicon could work with both ''osnovnaya'' (primary) and ''[[Code page 866|alternativnaya]]'' (alternative) character sets. It also included its own screen and printer fonts and keyboard drivers for use with non-russified computers.

== References ==
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==See also==
*[[List of word processors]]

{{Word processors}}

[[Category:Windows text editors]]
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