text editing with speakup

[Charles Crawford]

Seems to me the problem is that the Linux text editors all use silly 
commands while WordPerfect has a well thought out and easy system of 
navigation and commands.

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:

> Seems to me that Word Perfect for Linux, if it existed, would
> have the same problem that all proprietary software has: i.e., it
> uses a proprietary format that assumes the availability of Word
> Perfect for anyone wishing to work with the document. I know you
> can make plain text files with WP, but why bother to use WP if
> you want to make plain text files? What are the advantages of
> Word Perfect for Linux that would be worth the limitations of a
> proprietary file format?
> 
> Or am I missing something?
> 
> 
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, jude dashiell wrote:
> 
> > Only version of that I've ever run into came on infomagic disks and would
> > need gnome or kde or some other form of x to run it.  It's for that reason
> > I'd not use wp under Linux or even have it take up disk space here.
> >
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-- Charlie Crawford