Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:23:35 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: mike.jeays@statcan.ca Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: good text based word processor, database question, and fr eebsd-uk Message-ID: <14947.56023.36630.265919@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <11062355@toto.iv>
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mike.jeays@statcan.ca types: > 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 took the "text based word processor" to mean they wanted something that edited text, but with WP features (ala the early DOS based WP programs), so didn't respond. I wrote a brief review of all the FreeBSD WPs I could find last year. You can read the current version at <URL: http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/reviews/FreeBSD-WP.html >. AbiWord is included. Lyx, SIAG and koffice aren't. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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