From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 27 18:23:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBC7216A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:23:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pandora.afflictions.org (asylum.afflictions.org [64.7.134.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AC8043D5E for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:23:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dgerow@afflictions.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pandora.afflictions.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F9E78C64 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:24:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from pandora.afflictions.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pandora.afflictions.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26927-05 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:24:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from dementia.afflictions.org (dementia.afflictions.org [172.19.206.56]) by pandora.afflictions.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65AFD78C62 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:24:05 -0500 (EST) Received: by dementia.afflictions.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 75EC928726; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:23:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:23:59 -0500 From: Damian Gerow To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050227182359.GE35988@afflictions.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3D7 D901 A53A 1A99 BFD6 E6DF 9F3B 742B C288 9CC9 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pandora.afflictions.org Subject: Word Processor on AMD64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:23:39 -0000 So, I've been playing with a brand spankin' new AMD64 system, and it's been pretty fun. There's a few bugs here and there (-STABLE), but nothing worth getting excited over. But I've run into a bit of a snag: I can't seem to use any word processors on the system. AbiWord crashes anytime I try to open a file (before the file chooser window opens). As much as I loved using TextMaker, they don't have a 64-bit version (and there's no 32-bit compatibility (?) ). OpenOffice flat-out doesn't compile, even after removing the dependancy on java (gcc dependancy, doesn't build on !i386). I have yet to try using -2.0-devel, but it seems like it'd work. Are there any good[1] word processors that are currently available for use on AMD64 systems? [1] By 'good' I mean stable (not a development branch), and able to read/write MS Word format. It would be nice if it could do OO.org as well, as that's what all of my current docs are in.