Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:16:34 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE3 apps replacements? Message-ID: <20131013231634.Horde.XlkHf83o_aeyGbsvUqQvWQ1@webmail.bsdlabs.com>
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Quoting Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>: > from Per olof Ljungmark: > >> I am finally in the process of removing KDE3 completely, switched to >> Xfce some time ago, and wonder if any of you could recommend suitable >> replacements for some of the apps: > >> kpdf pdf viewer with the ability to copy text from >> kWrite simple text editor with some filetype and highlighting >> features + easy to switch encoding (vim/gvim?) >> kPatience Card game, Freecell in particular >> kColorChooser pick html color names >> kRuler Pixel screen ruler >> kSnapshot Screen dump to jpg and/or png > > I use xpdf, found it much better than kpdf but that was some years > ago when I used KDE in Slackware Linux. > > I see there are other open-source pdf viewers. > > System Rescue CD uses epdfview. > > I didn't like kWrite or kspread (spreadsheet that came with KDE). > > Abiword is much better than kWrite, and gnumeric is much better than > the spreadsheet that came with KDE. > > I am not familiar with the other KDE apps. > > > Tom Hi, I just tried graphics/electrix which seems good enough. For spreadsheet and serious word processing I already use OpenOffice, kwrite was ideal for quick and simple editing. Found Pysol for patience, will test it. //pet -- Intersonic AB Registered in Solna, Sweden SE556539368201
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