Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:42:38 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: todd@lmi.net, J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ok, let's get things interesting here... Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991028154156.047263d0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991027103511.todd@lmi.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910271812220.90256-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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I've considered using AbiWord, but it's GPLed. (Not trying to start a flame war here; just pointing it out.) --Brett At 10:35 AM 10/27/1999 -0700, Todd Meister wrote: > > I've been looking for a stable editor that reads/writes Word docs but i > > haven't found one i'm happy with. So far, i feel like i'm only using FBSD > > like an iMac, to surf the web. But i must add i'm learning a lot about > > the OS, and compiling the kernel is a blast (sick, aren't i?) > >What editors have you tried? I installed Abiword yesterday, and it works quite >nicely, and formats saved files much more prettily than Word. I'm not sure if >you can save files in .doc form, though. I haven't checked in particularly >ludicrous Word creations yet, but it opens simple .doc files well enough, and >can supposedly display .rtf, as well. I believe you can use vi key-bindings in >Abiword, as well, but I haven't played with it enough yet to know how well that >works. > >Here's the homepage: >http://www.abisource.com/ > >-Todd > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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