Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 08:34:27 +1100 (EST) From: Andrew Reilly <reilly@zeta.org.au> To: grog@lemis.com Cc: garbanzo@hooked.net, osiris2002@yahoo.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DELETING WINDOWS 95, Please Help Message-ID: <199712162134.IAA00626@gurney.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <19971215192331.36642@lemis.com>
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On 15 Dec, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 12:02:42AM -0800, Alex wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Charlie Roots wrote: >> >>> I need BADLY a descent and FREE word procesor to help me write my >>> essays, and don't tell me xword becuase it is highly unstable and >>> always crashing, and Formating is ugly. >>> I also need help on Printing Graphics on FreeBSD, I don't mean I will >>> be printing Images or pictures, no Just formatted Documents, on a DOT >>> MATRIX printer. >> >> Caldera (www.caldera.com) puts out StarOffice > > 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. > >>> Please FreeBSD guys, Help me to get rid of Windows 95. > > My pleasure :-) Mine too... I really suggest that you try LyX, from the ports collection. It does have the disadvantage of requiring a full LaTeX install, which is some 20+M, but that is there in ports too, and the modern configuration UI is pretty complete. Even though it uses LaTeX, you don't really need to see it at all. What you have is a "what-you-see-is-what-you-mean" interface that is pleasant to look at and fast. It has a /really/ convenient equation editor, and has no problem displaying EPS graphics in-situ. (It can probably do other graphics types, but EPS is all I use.) I don't know that I'd bother trying to do broadsheet layout on it, but that's not what it's for. I've used it to write personal and business letters and a 160 page, multi-chapter, fully cross-referenced document, and it handled the latter with complete aplomb. (Historical note, to confirm biasses: I've used LaTeX on its' own for about ten years. I've also used MS Word, and hate it. I can never get the text to flow properly past float figures, table formatting is fragile, and I have /never/ worked on a Word document longer than five pages that didn't cause the program to crash, losing work.) -- Andrew "The steady state of disks is full." -- Ken Thompson
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