Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 00:11:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: word processor Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960508000921.24849e-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960507220318.28716A-100000@maryann.eng.umd.edu>
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On Tue, 7 May 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Tue, 7 May 1996, Richard Chang wrote: > > > > There's a couple. the 'doc' application from the 'iv' port does it, but > > > I don't know that I'd recommend it, because iv is _huge_ (unless you need > > > a neat C++ graphics/gui library) the size isn't justified. If you have > > > tex installed (say from the ports teTeX distribution) then noname (yeah, > > > it's called noname) does print postscript, and it's WYSIWYG. noname > > > requires Motif, but there's a statically compiled version on > > > wcarchive.cdrom.com, in pub/FreeBSD/incoming. > > > > Hmmm, is noname a Word Processor and is there anyway to do > > calligraphy type fonts? > > I dunno. Noname is _very_ linked to TeX. It isn't within light years of > a real word processor, but it's useable. On the other hand, I do most of > my writing using groff, so maybe you're asking the wrong type of person. hmmm, i just want to print something like letters. > Honestly, you ought to go give it a try. It's the best I've seen, of > free software, so that should give you an idea of what kind of stuff is > out there. oh okay, will give it a try then... > The doc application (from Interviews) is nearly TeX, with just enough > changes to make it incompatible (why?). A long while back I tried to use > Andrew, but it was so incredibly large, and not any more friendly. It > worked on something like rich text format. Making that port was a real > excedrin headache, and it was _enormous_. hmmm, ok... Thanks. Richard
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