Re: [kde-linux] system-config-printer

In my opinion The body of email should only be text. All these other
exotic formats simply lead to holes that viruses and other malware
exploit. If you want to send pretty text do it as an attachment.

Jim

Frank K wrote:
Randy Kramer wrote:

On Monday 02 March 2009 07:20 am, James Richard Tyrer wrote:


I am starting to wonder: does anyone here actually use OO? If not,


what


do you use for a wordprocessor? :-) Actually, I prefer WordPerfect,


but


the UNIX version for X (8.1) has issues with the current GLibc and it
won't print (yes, it won't print :-( and that was why I had to use


LPR).

Back in the days when I had to use Windows, I preferred MS Word to
Wordperfect and used the imperfect analogy that Wordperfect was closest
to being a typewriter replacement, while Word was more computer
like--in Word you (or, at least I ;-) did things like set up styles,
then applied those styles to selected regions of text either as I was
typing or afterwards. I very rarely did any "manual" formatting (like
applying bold, underlining, or whatever to some region of text.

The other thing that really worked for me in Word was the collapsible
outlining feature.

I don't know if OOWriter is quite that dependant (if that's the word I
want to use) on styles as Word was, but if it is, that would certainly
be my preference. OOWriter doesn't have the collapsible outlining
feature that Word does, but there are some features (is it called "view
structure") that help somewhat in that direction.

When I first switched to Linux, I thought Abiword might become my
preferred word processor--much smaller and lighter than OOWriter, uses
styles, and seemed like they might implement collapsible outlining.
They finally did implement something that I think the call/consider
collapsible outlining, but it really isn't--it's more like collapsible
lists.

Doesn't matter too much to me--I rarely use a word processor anymore,
use an editor to generate text to be used on the Internet, either HTML
or some variant (like TWiki Markup).

Anyway, just felt like expressing my $0.02.

Randy Kramer

PS: I remember a big issue for Wordperfect users trying to switch to
Word was the issue of no "view codes" mode in Word. Once you learn
Word, you realize you don't need it (and shouldn't). You can always
see what style is applied to any text, then check the definition of
that style to see what formatting is applied. (Ok, so I might be up to
$0.04)


Randy, Ann, Kevin,
Before this thread expires, the topic is close to a subject that I feel
strongly about. That subject is the use of a word processor as an email
editor.
Kmail has an option to use an external email editor, but I've been
advised, only a text editor can be used with that option.
Oowriter is a great word processor in my opinion and I might be willing
to contribute some effort of my own to adapt it for its use with an
email tool - Kmail, Thunderbird, Evolution, etc.
I have no idea how much effort such and adaption might take.
Microsoft of course has Outlook which integrates Word seamlessly as
Outlook's email editor.
This is getting somewhat off topic, but I would appreciate a response
aye or nay!
Frank K


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