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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
>
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