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Date:      Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:44:58 +0100
From:      Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
To:        "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk>
Cc:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'taff@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk'" <taff@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk>
Subject:   Re: WYSIWYG editor for FreeBSD ???
Message-ID:  <3458652A.A3ED84B5@partitur.se>
References:  <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B022CFC@exchange>

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Bond, Jeffery wrote:
> 
> Aled Treharne wrote:
> 
> >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.
>         (Ah ha, a fellow Welshman!)
> 
> I could make good use of something like StarOffice. I've always wondered
> if there's anything like this available. Do you know where I can get it
> from?
> 
http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/editors/staroffice/pkg/DESCR

It's available as a port:

cd /usr/ports/editors/staroffice
make install

You must have linux_lib too. It will be installed, but read the DESCR
for it for some extra instructions.



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