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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!205.252.116.190!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!mindspring!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!cc.gatech.edu!cc.gatech.edu!byron From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: A suggestion to Linux/Bsd Developers Date: 10 Feb 1997 14:31:46 GMT Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology - College of Computing Lines: 42 Message-ID: <5dnbgi$md6@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5dh0o6$ji9$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <slrn5fsqhn.58l.dmcook@mozart.cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gemini.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: byron Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:157357 comp.os.linux.networking:67893 comp.os.linux.setup:96434 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5961 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2426 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52422 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266884 In article <slrn5fsqhn.58l.dmcook@mozart.cts.com>, David M. Cook <dmcook@cts.com> wrote: >On 8 Feb 1997 04:51:18 GMT, V.S. Senthilkumar <vss@shell2.ba.best.com> wrote: > >>From the previous thread in this newsgroup it is getting clear that, >>unix is lacking a "cheap real word processor". (like MS Word) > >Your impression is incorrect. 1) Word isn't inexpensive. Try buying a fresh copy with no trade in... 2) What's popular isn't always what's good. 3) I agree the impression is incorrect. > >>But i think that, the time spent writing a Motif free word >>processor is time really worth spent. > >There are already several free WP projects. I would rather that they >not use Motif, but Star Write is one such WP that is in its 3rd beta >already. Motif will only attempt to transform a completely free desktop to a non-free one. I'd prefer static linked apps (StarOffice Beta 3 is one such app even though the install program is still dynamically linked) because I'd rather spend my cash on RAM/CPU than on software. > >>(please don't give emacs+groff as a solution) > >Ok. How bout vi+groff. Worked well for me last time I tried it. That >was 10 years ago, though! Let's not start the WP vs. formatter debate again. I see them targeting different markets. Just one question: What features are lacking in the three products that put near WYSIWYG and direct manipulation interfaces on text formatters (specifically LyX, SciTEXt, and EZ)? BAJ -- Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of... Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel - And Using Linux! Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu