Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 07:18:07 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: Paul <paulturner@home.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Find and an editor Message-ID: <3655882F.DE568F92@seattleu.edu> References: <006801be1457$5732f460$0a00000a@pdc.frmt1.sfba.home.com>
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You may want to check out StarOffice. It is an Necrosuk "word-like" product that is able to handle some hexcel and other files. You can check out any of the editors in the ports tree or packages, just go to www.freebsd.org/ports/. Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu > Paul wrote: > > Found this address in the newsgroups. I have 2.2.7 and X working fine. If > only i could get find to search through multiple directories and find an X > editor to edit the important files, I am sure I could go a lot farther. > > When I try to use "find sysinstall" for example, it searches only the current > directory. I have since found /stand/sysinstall, but there are many other > files I need to "find". > > I also would like a stable X based file editor. Please do not point me to > "vi". I admit I am coming from Microsoft. > > We are a community service non-profit organization, and I am less than > enthusiastic about supporting the commercial monopoly. > > If you have a moment, I would also like some hints on how to handle the fact > that the rest of the "world" expects us to be able to deal with the "Word" and > "Excel" files that get sent to us, if we go completely FreeBSD. > > Sincerely looking for a way out > > Paul Turner > IT Director > CityTeam Ministries > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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