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Date:      Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:16:34 +0200
From:      Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se>
To:        Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: KDE3 apps replacements?
Message-ID:  <20131013231634.Horde.XlkHf83o_aeyGbsvUqQvWQ1@webmail.bsdlabs.com>

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Quoting Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>:

> from Per olof Ljungmark:
>
>> I am finally in the process of removing KDE3 completely, switched to
>> Xfce some time ago, and wonder if any of you could recommend suitable
>> replacements for some of the apps:
>
>> kpdf            pdf viewer with the ability to copy text from
>> kWrite          simple text editor with some filetype and highlighting
>>                 features + easy to switch encoding (vim/gvim?)
>> kPatience       Card game, Freecell in particular
>> kColorChooser   pick html color names
>> kRuler          Pixel screen ruler
>> kSnapshot       Screen dump to jpg and/or png
>
> I use xpdf, found it much better than kpdf but that was some years  
> ago when I used KDE in Slackware Linux.
>
> I see there are other open-source pdf viewers.
>
> System Rescue CD uses epdfview.
>
> I didn't like kWrite or kspread (spreadsheet that came with KDE).
>
> Abiword is much better than kWrite, and gnumeric is much better than  
> the spreadsheet that came with KDE.
>
> I am not familiar with the other KDE apps.
>
>
> Tom
Hi,
I just tried graphics/electrix which seems good enough.
For spreadsheet and serious word processing I already use OpenOffice,  
kwrite was ideal for quick and simple editing.

Found Pysol for patience, will test it.

//pet

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