On Sunday 25 March 2001 10:22, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 05:13:47PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > What version of abiword are you using? I'm running 0.7 under > > unstable/testing, and it's definitely tolerable for light use. > > It's mostly what I pull out to do something that involves short > > text and hardcopy -- a letter, say. > > > > Version: 0.7.13-0.2 > > Version: 0.7.12-0.ximian.2 > > for the absolute lightest of work (ie plain text) its fine, but if > all your doing is plain text nedit is far more reliable. > > i would probably be running unstable on that box if i had faster > internet connection, atm i just don't fancy the idea of a 20MB > download a day or a 60MB download a week. i would LOVE to get rid > of this ximian crap though. > > > I've used DocBook for a couple of projects, and prefer LaTeX for > > generalized typeset output myself as well. For Real Work they're > > the Right Tools, IMO. > > except for someone who isn't interested in learning them, latex is > fine for me, but not for the user of the computer in question.
I use abiword for ALL of my non-mail writing. I do freelance writing (that's semi-real work) and it has rarely failed me on deadlines. Yesterday was an exception: my Slot A played possum on me. Latex and Docbook? Compared to them, vi seems like heaven. (Offhand I don't even know what command to use to fire up docbook.)
