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#! rnews 1261 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!quanta.com!usenet From: Ross S. W. Walker <rsww@quanta.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: RE: Word processor type application for freebsd/xwin Date: 13 May 1996 03:13:36 GMT Organization: Quanta Communications, Inc. Lines: 26 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <01bb407a.00618740$257847cc@quark.quanta.com> References: <eng-sc.831390815@reef.cs.jcu.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: quark.quanta.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News On Monday, May 06, 1996, Simon Coggins wrote... > > Anyone know of a program thats good for doing word processing on ? (sort of > like Word perfect but for bsd/xwin) I know you can get wp for unix but it's > masive and expensive. > > I just need it to do assignments on.. Any ideas ? > There is Wordperfect for Linux out there that isn't too expensive (though wp is massive). It requires Motif and I'm not sure if the FreeBSD Linux emulation is capable of running it, but maybe someone who has tried can give an answer on that. There is of course TeX! Cheers, Ross Walker