Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:20:45 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DELETING WINDOWS 95, Please Help Message-ID: <19971216092045.30501@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215063503.336A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>; from Alex on Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 06:38:43AM -0800 References: <19971215192331.36642@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215063503.336A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 06:38:43AM -0800, Alex wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> StarOffice is very hungry for memory. Judging by the times you >> mention, I'd guess you have 16 MB of memory. Increase that to 32 or >> 48 MB, and it will be dramatically faster: it won't crawl any more, >> it'll just be slow. > > No, I have 64mb ;-) And no I'm not gonna try to get 32 more. 64 MB will do. >> I hate StarOffice. It's just like Microsoft Word, the screen is full >> of little unrecognizable pictures, and the editor is really weak. But >> if that's what you're used to, and you can't make the step to a >> separate editor and formatter, then it might be for you. > > I like it because it's graphical and somewhat less awkward than emacs > (for me). I hate it because it's graphical and much more awkward than Emacs (for me :-) > If I had my way, I'd like to see a [free] version of WP 5.1 (for > DOS) ported over to some *nix with long file name and perhaps lpr > and ghostscript support. Rumor has it that was written in > assembly. ;-) I can't believe that. I used to write a lot in assembler in the old days, but I don't know anybody who's written anything significant in assembler on an -86 platform. Greg
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