On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:44:08 +0100 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 02/11/07 14:03, Joe Hart wrote: > > > >> Hal Vaughan wrote: > >> > > [snip] > > > >> I am a writer, and I used Word to write my books. Personally I > >> don't like OO Writer. It, just like MS Word is overblown. I > >> still haven't found the Perfect Word Processor, but now at least > >> > > > > What do you need in a WP? Academic features (formal citations, > > embedded graphics, TOC, index, etc), movie/theater formating, > > something I haven't thought of? > > > > I guess what I'm asking is, "Why can't you use a full-featured > > *text* editor?" gvim or gedit, maybe, with a postprocessing tool to > > reformat output to typewriter (double-spaced, with 1 inch margins & > > headers) format? > > > > Such editors are definitely light-weight and ASCII files are small > > and totally portable. > > > > > >> I can get the source code to one that I think is good, and if I > >> can understand the code, I might even be able to make it my > >> Perfect Word (Pun intended). > >> > > > > Only greybeards will understand that pun. > > > > > > Actually, my work is plain fiction, and the only features I need are > basic editing, but the feature that I used the most was using headers to > mark places and using the outline view to quickly locate different > sections. I am getting older (I remember having to learn WP 5.1 at > school) and my memory isn't what it used to be. I find myself having to > look back to ensure that I keep names consistent. Can't very well have > Kathy do something then have Karmen say later that she did it. It would > probably help to keep index cards, but I am far to lazy. My best > writing comes off the cuff. > Folding is one thing that I'm missing in lyx but emacs can do that in latex (including good searching), vim can probably do it also. There is a folding mode for emacs that can do simple three level headers and text with folding which might be enough for you. > Honestly, Kword is good enough. The biggest problem that I have is that > I am in the Netherlands and write in English. I can't find a publisher > here that wants to print books in English and my Dutch isn't good enough > to translate. > > I thought I could use the net and find a publisher in the U.S. but > that's not how it works. Most publishers wont touch writers who don't > have an agent and agents wont touch writers that haven't published. > I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help there. It's probably possible to publish at least something online. There must be some way for publishers to find new authors. > Joe > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
