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#1 2002-12-11 8:19 pm
- Buzzword
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word processor?
I've had just about enough with OpenOffice. The darned thing hangs all the time, and has all these annoying little "features". MS Word has them, too. I hate it when word processors try to tell me how I want my text to look. And OpenOffice won't customize nicely, either... and the hangs kill me.
Anywho, anybody else know of any good, free word processors out there?
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#2 2002-12-11 10:37 pm
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Re: word processor?
I'll assume you want a little more than just Emacs. How about AbiWord or LedIt?
http://www.abisource.com/
http://www.sophists.com/Led/LedIt/
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#3 2002-12-12 12:17 am
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Re: word processor?
I use gvim when I need emacs 
But yeah, I'd forgotten about Abi because the version that came with this system didn't work. I just redownloaded it and wham, it's perfect! It's got all the features I need, but none of them are forced into my nose. Yay :-) Thanks!
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#4 2002-12-12 6:47 am
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Re: word processor?
I'll assume you want a little more than just Emacs. How about AbiWord or LedIt?
http://www.abisource.com/
http://www.sophists.com/Led/LedIt/
A little *more* than emacs? I beg to differ.
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#5 2002-12-12 2:26 pm
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Re: word processor?
They're totally different things 
I wouldn't use emacs/gvim/etc for writing up a paper (unless maybe I were doing it in LaTeX), nor would I use Abi/OOffice/etc for scripting/programming.
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#6 2002-12-12 4:57 pm
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Re: word processor?
I use vim for quick HTML editing and pico for all else (conf files and things like that)
I must say, for a full scale editor OpenOffice Writer is schweet.
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#7 2003-01-17 1:33 pm
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Re: word processor?
I use vim for quick HTML editing and pico for all else (conf files and things like that)
I must say, for a full scale editor OpenOffice Writer is schweet.
EMACS users should be purged off this earth with a fire axe.
gee, thanks.
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#8 2003-01-17 1:56 pm
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Re: word processor?
pico for all else (conf files and things like that)
Pico's great for quick edits, but I'd go with Nano. Nano has everything Pico has and more (like find/replace).
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