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From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
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Subject: Re: word processor
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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