From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 14 11:31:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from w2xo.pgh.pa.us (ipl-229-012.npt-sdsl.stargate.net [208.223.229.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4D8E37B400 for ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:31:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from shazam (shazam [192.168.5.3]) by w2xo.pgh.pa.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA85321; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:31:06 GMT (envelope-from durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 14:34:11 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Durham X-Sender: durham@shazam.int To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: good text based word processor, database question, and freebsd-uk In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > I realize this is a shot in the dark, but I was wondering if there are any > decent word processors out there (not programmer's editors) that work in > just text mode. I guess the only obvious answer here is Latex? I would > like to be able to composed decent looking stuff via an ssh connection, > without then having to import and reformat pure ascii into staroffice or > something similar. Is this possible, and does it make sense? > > I would like to start a database of assorted tips for BSD. I was > wondering what the simplest way would be to get started. I have > theoretical database experience but I have never set up MySQL or any other > real DB. I would like a simple interface that allows me to type an > command and either enter a new tip with keywords or heading, or query for > a matching tip. Or is this just as easily implemented as flat ascii with > grep? > > Lastly, does anyone know why the freebsd-uk server is down? I'm being > forced to use my rogue SunOS account. :-/ > Just a thought. Since you are using ssh, why not use X forwarding and then use Staroffice on the server? You could also use xmysql and xmysqladmin to set up the database. Also, check into koffice's editor and xcoral. -Jim Durham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message