[olug] Abiword footnotes/Latex plug

[Jonathan Warren]

When you say text do you mean no character formating whatsoever?


-Jon Warren

On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:59:37AM -0500, Tanya Loughead wrote:
> More on the whole word processor debate:
> 
> I suppose that which word processor one uses is related to the task at one's
> hands.... {I'm writing my Ph.D. dissertation.}
> I was immediately attracted to Abi-Word because of its simplicity.  (Not
> surprisingly) I come from using Microsoft word, and the AbiWord commands are
> very similar.  I tried to use StarOffice, but that program is so big, that
> the possibility for problems and bugs is likewise "big."  (I am still
> waiting for feedback from Sun on a major problem that I am having with
> StarOffice.)
> SO--
> Here's a question to everyone on the list: Given that one may only need text
> capabilities, which Linux-based word processor do you find to be the best?
> It seems that everyone is casting votes for LaTeX thus far.... is that the
> general consensus?
> Thanks for the input,
> Tanya
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Burchell [mailto:burchell at inebraska.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:29 PM
> > To: olug at olug.org
> > Subject: Re: [olug] Abiword footnotes/Latex plug
> >
> >
> > I second that endorsement of LaTeX.  Plus, if you are not "geeky"
> > enough yet to learn all the LaTeX tricks, pick up LyX
> > (http://www.lyx.org), a swell WYSIWYM (what you see is what you mean)
> > word processor that acts as a front end for LaTeX.  It is free and I
> > have found it to be easy to use, stable, and full of features (such as
> > tables, footnotes, end notes, tables of contents).  And everything you can
> > do with LaTeX you can do with LyX, because you can include LaTeX
> > snipits in
> > your LyX document.
> >
> > That said, I like keeping documents in XML rather than LaTeX if they
> > are to be exchanged with others and/or you want to publish the
> > documents in a variety of formats.  I have an XML version of my resume,
> > for example, and I have a stylesheet that produces a fancy LaTeX
> > version of it, another for plain text, and another for HTML.  I can
> > update the XML document, type "make", and generate text, HTML, dvi,
> > PostScript, and PDF versions, no sweat.
> >
> > Mike Hostetler says:
> > >
> > > > As for me, I'm still just trying to get my word processor on
> > Red Hat up and
> > > > running.  Anyone know if there are footnote and thesaurus plugins  for
> > > > Abiword yet?  I only heard that they were "on the way."
> > >
> > > I think they are to be implemented after tables are . . . so don't wait
> > > for them.
> > >
> > > This is a little geeky, too, but LaTeX rocks on things like footnotes,
> > > Works Cited, etc.  The very intial curve is a little steep, but after
> > > that it's pretty easy.  And all Linux distros come with it.  To learn, I
> > > just did a Google for "Latex tutorial" and read through the first couple
> > > of hits.
> > >
> > > good luck,
> > >
> > > -- mikeh
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