From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 16 15:10:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27473 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:10:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from random.static.greatland.net (random.static.greatland.net [209.112.190.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA27445 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 15:10:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from random@random.static.greatland.net) Received: from localhost (random@localhost) by random.static.greatland.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01397; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:10:03 -0900 (AKST) (envelope-from random@random.static.greatland.net) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:10:01 -0900 (AKST) From: Random Liegh To: Haavard Vaagstoel cc: 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, Haavard Vaagstoel wrote: > 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 [snipped irrelevancy] > 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... > I completely agree; my point is only that w/ the variance in word versions, and the frequency that it changes, you'll end up sooner or later with a document that a converter hasn't been written for. Then the vi tips will probably put you in good stead. :) > -- > Haavard Vaagstoel -Random To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message