Re: [dev] (x)HTML-based office suite? (aka suckless word processing solution-2)

2009-10-18 Thread Илья Илембитов
Well, as far as I can judge, people use this list not only to discuss the existing suckless.org projects (such as dwm, wmii, surf, st, etc) but also to share their ideas about interfaces and productivity that can later be used for future projects. I've seen people discussing desktop publishing a

[dev] (x)HTML-based office suite? (aka suckless word processing solution-2)

2009-10-18 Thread Илья Илембитов
I believe I made some progress with my little research concerning suckless word processing. Basically, I realised that things get much easier as soon as we realize that there is no need for paper-centric formats. First, there is no standard here, that is correctly supported by all office suites

Re: [dev] Suckless mail client solution?

2009-10-07 Thread Илья Илембитов
May I suggest you also take a look at OpenBSD's new smtpd? They will include it with the upcoming 4.6 release - a long awaited alternative to sendmail with a more clean config syntax (inspired by other OBSD-developed tools). http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=smtpd&sektion=8 > I've man

[dev] Alternative for tabbing in web-browsers?

2009-10-07 Thread Илья Илембитов
Could not really find the exact text to quote, but here is the background of the issue from the surf discussion that actually took place on this list. Several authors were arguing as to whether a web browser should have a tabbing functionality, or should this be dealt by a WM (especially a tilin

Re: [dev] Suckless word processing solution?

2009-09-23 Thread Илья Илембитов
, is there any list of mature Tk-based apps? How about music/video players, IMs, etc? I am only aware of Tkabber and HV3 (which is already dead). Antoni Grzymala писал(а) в своём письме Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:04:18 +0400: Илья Илембитов dixit (2009-09-23, 16:54): But there is also another point

Re: [dev] Suckless word processing solution?

2009-09-23 Thread Илья Илембитов
>> But there is also another point: Tk may be bad or not, but I can't really >> think of any major apps based >on it - apart from Tkabber. I'm not saying >> that it's bad just because it's not popular, but the thing is, that >many users wouldn't like to add any additional dependencies (that is,

Re: [dev] Suckless word processing solution?

2009-09-23 Thread Илья Илембитов
But there is also another point: Tk may be bad or not, but I can't really think of any major apps based on it - apart from Tkabber. I'm not saying that it's bad just because it's not popular, but the thing is, that many users wouldn't like to add any additional dependencies (that is, a toolkit o

Re: [dev] Suckless word processing solution?

2009-09-22 Thread Илья Илембитов
22.09.09, 19:20, "Anselm R Garbe" : > To create a less sucking word processor, one need to start with a less > sucking doc format. > For legacy stuff I'd rather rip off the OO importer bits (afaik Google > uses them in Google Docs as well). > Kind regards, > Anselm Well, a new format could be a ni

[dev] Suckless word processing solution?

2009-09-22 Thread Илья Илембитов
Hi, all! I am looking for a lightweight solution to create rich formatted content in any MS Word-editable format - I think RTF is more likely to happen, since it is an open format. Basically, what I am looking for is a lightweight, distractionless (preferably no menus or toolbars) word process

Re: [dev] Suckless word processing solution?

2009-09-22 Thread Илья Илембитов
Oops, sorry. I reposted the topic in plain text, could anyone possibly remove this one? > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 06:39:05PM +0400, Илья Илембитов wrote: > > ... > Don't send html email to the list. > -- wbr, Илембитов

Re: [dev] Suckless word processing solution?

2009-09-22 Thread Илья Илембитов
> RTF sucks. Why? And what is a better MS Word-editable format? (since that is what required by editors in the magazine where I work and in my university) ODT isn't really mature yet and didn't get any proper support in MS Word. DOC is closed. .WPF then? (since it is actually supported by nearly

[dev] Suckless word processing solution?

2009-09-22 Thread Илья Илембитов
Hi,all! I am looking for a lightweight solution to create rich formatted content in any MS Word-editable format - I think RTF is more likely to happen, since it is an open format. Basically, what I am looking for is a lightweight, distractionless (preferably no menus or toolbars) word processor wit