From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 15 8:56:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpshb2.statcan.ca (smtpshb2.statcan.ca [142.206.3.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FBE137B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:56:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpshb2.statcan.ca (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtpshb2.statcan.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0FGs3K27202 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:54:03 -0500 Received: from smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0FGovM07569 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:50:57 -0500 Received: from msxa1.statcan.ca (msxa1.statcan.ca [142.205.234.72]) by smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0FGjiw01489; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:45:44 -0500 Received: by msxa1.statcan.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2652.78) id ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:42:17 -0500 Message-ID: <3A66CAF3B5D3D4119AFD00508BC286ADE22BD1@msxa4.statcan.ca> From: mike.jeays@statcan.ca To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us Subject: RE: good text based word processor, database question, and fr eebsd-uk Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:43:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2652.78) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I downloaded AbiWord (from www.abisource.com) two nights ago, and it installed on a FreebSD 4.1 system with absolutely no problems. It is licensed under the GPL. It looks like a stripped-down version of Microsoft Word, with the added benefit that its files are in XML. It can produce RTF output, and sends PostScript either directly to the printer, or to a file. I was able to produce good-quality personal and business letters with no need to look at a manual, and this would be true for anyone who had used Word. I haven't used it much yet, but am very pleased with it so far. An impressive achievement. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message