From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 16 14:36:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA23132 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:36:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from online.no (pilt-s.online.no [148.122.208.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA23126 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:36:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no) Received: from gealach.myst.no (ti21a26-0001.dialup.online.no [130.67.192.129]) by online.no (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id XAA01912; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:36:07 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (hjv@localhost) by gealach.myst.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA00871; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:35:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no) X-Authentication-Warning: gealach.myst.no: hjv owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:35:46 +0100 (CET) From: Haavard Vaagstoel X-Sender: hjv@gealach.myst.no To: Random Liegh cc: Haavard Vaagstoel , ML Duke , newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi & word documents In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Random Liegh wrote: > My $0.02 ... > With the way word changes, I wouldn't count on *Any* program being able to > consistently read word files; so I've saved ML Duke's letter for future > reference. I use pico, and religiously avoid vi 'cos it's so arcane; but > on the other hand, reading any tips at all about it makes it less so, so > if ya care to share any other tips at any other time, ML Duke, please do. > btw--I installed mswordview from the packages...haven't tried it yet, > though. It seems to me that you're a bit quick to judge ;) I haven't tried the conversion utilities a lot, so I can't really claim that I know they work satisfactory. Indeed, considering the fact that we are talking about the MS Word format, I would doubt it. But try them, at least. Using vi seems (to me) like a waste of time if other methods work just as well... -- Haavard Vaagstoel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message