From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 29 11:08:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA05779 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:08:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from blue.bad.bris.ac.uk (blue.bad.bris.ac.uk [137.222.132.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA05735 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 1997 11:08:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from taff@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk) Received: (qmail 4387 invoked by uid 57242); 29 Oct 1997 19:12:19 -0000 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:12:15 +0000 (GMT) From: Aled Treharne Reply-To: felix@royal.net To: Remy NONNENMACHER cc: cros , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WYSIWYG editor for FreeBSD ??? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Remy NONNENMACHER wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, cros wrote: > > Having recently installed FreeBSD, we are searching a text editor > > working under X11. Something like Microsoft Word (WYSIWYG, making > > tables, ...) would be nice. Of course, we could use LaTeX, but ... > Applix works fine under FreeBSD using the Linux Emulation. It gives you a > word/excel/powerpoint equivalent (but better, since NOT under M$doze). > Word/excel equivalency is quite good. the charter (powerpoint remplacement) > is far worst but, anyway, xfig is a better choice for 2D drawing. > Hmmm. We use StarOffice in our University which seems to be free, It requires the Linux emulation though since our version is Linux - I don't know if there is a FreeBSD port out there...? Similarity to M$ Word is stunning! It will even read and save in Word 6.0 format, the GUI for the whole package is IMHO a pure rip-off of M$ Office. Used along with fvwm95 it confuses lusers sooo much.... :) - -Taff. Aled Treharne felix@royal.net "Big Bird meets Salvador Dali has been brought to you by the numbers L and ), and by the letter 3." For PGP Public key finger taff@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk #include(std.disclaim) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNFeKk8aJukNO1flNAQEcsgP/dA9YbGU2Dh/pJ6yWVbBkrk9UuoaZuj9f KsbBHrVclE40it2aW8+sR4mXMXYhRZQoNqxnG/TDEGPqTxlbNR2HSNmlQTlT/Fmy ZClRe+nRU3HFRDmrLBHaRBHLuGBLODJK6m++s1rkBCRu+ozuJqe+MQHEE3E6ovRK ZrcMAPoF6JQ= =RL0T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----