Word processing in linux

[Zachary Kline]

I was under the impression that Gnome was ready, at least that is the 
impression I have gotten from listening to things like the review on ACB 
Radio's Main Menu in 2003.
Am I mistaken?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "akp" <akp at eznet.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:32 AM
Subject: Word processing in linux


> Hi Tylor,
>
> Hmmmm, well there isn't much you can do right now.  Star Office
> requires X-Windows, and the Gnome desktop is not ready for prime-time
> yet.  You could do worse than to learn Emacs and LaTeX.  As for losing
> the formatting, that's part of the territory.  I'd write all my stuff
> in emacs, then transfer it to MSWord when I got to school.  You could
> do the final formatting there.  BTW, formatting has two T's, short
> vowel and word ending in ING.  Double T keeps the vowel short!
>
> Ann P.
>
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