From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 10 21:23: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from zippy.dyn.ml.org (pm3-38.ppp.wenet.net [206.15.85.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDCD15BDE for ; Mon, 10 May 1999 21:22:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.dyn.ml.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA02392; Mon, 10 May 1999 21:22:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:22:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Zepeda To: Amancio Hasty Cc: Chuck Robey , Bob Willcox , hackers list Subject: Re: Native Applixware for FreeBSD -- When? In-Reply-To: <199905110323.UAA01122@rah.star-gate.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 May 1999, Amancio Hasty wrote: > I am sorry . Isn't that a linux thingy ?? 8) Well most of KDE is. But hey, if I come across something that is Linux only, I try and commit a fix (as does the other "resident FreeBSD nut" Hans Petter Bieker). If you've got a post-egcs -CURRENT, KDE && KOffice should at least compile. > Well, okay since I haven't seen KOffice and from > my recollection is a collection of applications. Yes. And you can find more information about it at http://koffice.kde.org > What can you tell us about the underlying properties > of koffice documents? Does use a standar markup > language like XML and styling markup like XSL , > does it use word style document format, etc...?? It uses XML natively, but there are a few filters included. It's very much a work in progress. http://koffice.kde.org/faq/faq-5.html#ss5.3 (File format) http://koffice.kde.org/faq/faq-6.html (KWord in general) The only downside (besides the fact that it's not even in its alpha phase), is that it uses MICO, which means that it will take a few hours at least (on a single PII/450) to compile everything - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message