Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:25:32 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Stephen Cooper <stephen.cooper@alphawest.com.au> Cc: mlduke@concentric.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: RE: Pretty Stuff Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215202235.18278A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <813621B906ABD011884A00A0C90092B166E362@herculis.alphawest.com.au>
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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Stephen Cooper wrote: > On Tuesday, December 16, 1997 7:26 AM, mlduke@concentric.net > [SMTP:mlduke@concentric.net] wrote: > > On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Stephen Cooper wrote: > > > > (I'm running 2.22.-RELEASE) that will left/right justify text and > do > > > bold > > > > print and such? > > > > > > hmm, i would be interested in such a thing. did you recieve any > replies? > > > > > Your's is the first. I'll let you know if I learn anything. > > I have a hunch the question is a bit too "stupid" for most > > list members. > > > > Duke > > I dont think your question is stupid. All of us have to do reports > eventuallly. > > I have had a lot of exposure to various unix environments, there are not > many wordprocessors in general for Unix, Applixware make one, Frame make > another. (Neither of which work under BSD) Wordperfect as I understand > it has been ported to BSDI, which is supposed to work on FreeBSD due to > binary compatibility. As you can imagine, it is not Freeware ;) You might want to look into StarOffice; I've heard that it does well (under Linux emulation, of course, since it's a Linux app). Or, if you're adventurous, look at LaTeX, which is a text formatting language (kinda like HTML). Basically, you write it in any text editor including tags for things like bold, italic, center, etc. Then you run it through a filter on it's way to the printer, and it comes out formatted. I image there's a previewer available; there may even be editors that can save in LaTeX format. I'm not a LaTeX expert; I just know that it exists; someone else can probably tell you more. > > Steve > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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