Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!mr.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news-lond.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.sarenet.es!news From: Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Word Processing Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 19:34:07 +0100 Organization: SAREnet,SA. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3324541F.41C67EA6@sarenet.es> References: <3321C1B5.41C67EA6@connectnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: infovia-b-2.sarenet.es Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36850 Kenneth M. Roberts wrote: > > What are the options, free or commercial, for doing good word processing > on FreeBSD? Is lyx/LaTeX/TeX a good route? Can WordPerfect run on > FreeBSD? Pointers to aquisition/configuration info appreciated. At least for me, LyX/LaTeX is the ideal situation. I don't enjoy formatting text and putting it "pretty" and it does all the work for me. > If I could get some decent WYSIWYG, I would never need Windows*. (Well, > at least not at home, work is another story!) regarding WYSIWYG, do you really need it? I mean, the LyX approach is more than enoguh. I don't really miss WYSIWYG. Borja. -- *********************************************************************** Borja Marcos * Internet: borjam@we.lc.ehu.es Alangoeta, 11 1 izq * borjam@well.com 48990 - Algorta (Vizcaya) * borjamar@sarenet.es SPAIN * CompuServe: 100015,3502 *********************************************************************** NOTE TO BULK EMAIL SENDERS: When I receive an unsolicited advertisement, I take some time to send complaints not only to your service provider, but to the next level providers who serve your ISP.