Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
Quoth M.W. Chang: better than open office? Yup, in the same way that single malt scotch is better than Listerine. Kurt -- Paranoids are people, too; they have their own problems. It's easy to criticize, but if everybody hated you, you'd be paranoid too. -- D. J. Hicks ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
Quoth dep: i use textmaker -- couldn't live without it -- and it is very, very good. i got this note from 'em tonight and thought i'd pass it along in case anyone had been interested but didn't want to pay $50 for the product (though if it were $200 it would be worth it, imho). Just ordered mine. They sold the first 1,111, but cut loose another 1,111. Thanks for the info, dep! Kurt -- Future looks spotty. You will spill soup in late evening. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:00:35 -0800 Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 11 November 2003 01:23 pm, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth M.W. Chang: better than open office? Yup, in the same way that single malt scotch is better than Listerine. Kurt On this thread, someone commented that they had pretty good success with OO and textmaker re: Word format docs. Just for grins, I loaded up OO and opened up a Word doc that someone just sent me. Looked pretty wierd in OO but looked perfect with textmaker. I've gone both ways OO-Doc and vice versa. The key to getting good results (for me at least) is to have identical fonts. If you are going to do this on a regular basis, you really need a copy of the Windows fonts available to OO. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
quoth Leon A. Goldstein: | I ordered a copy this morning. I will only use Textmaker | occasionally to format HTML documents. After playing a bit with the | trial download, I do find Textmaker a lot simpler for the non-expert | to format a HTML document than OO or Staroffice. that's the one thing for which i found textmaker fairly unsuitable -- it behaves like koffice and some others in putting in *way* too much formatting, often more than doubling the size of the document. (actually, kword did a lot to fix this by offering a stripped html formatting option.) there's not a really good linux wysiwig html editor that i've found. -- dep Writing takes no time. It's finding something to say that takes forever. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 04:23:43PM -0500, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth M.W. Chang: better than open office? Yup, in the same way that single malt scotch is better than Listerine. Kurt Mm... single malt scotch, something I haven't had for *years*. Ah well, back to my Sprite. -- Myles Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] Slackware-9.1 + CLI + Mutt-1.4.1i + Lynx|Links|eLinks With all that power who needs a bloated GUI?? Alberta Mirror for Linux-SxS.org:http://linux-sxs.org/ ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
Dep wrote: quoth Leon A. Goldstein: | I ordered a copy this morning. I will only use Textmaker | occasionally to format HTML documents. After playing a bit with the | trial download, I do find Textmaker a lot simpler for the non-expert | to format a HTML document than OO or Staroffice. that's the one thing for which i found textmaker fairly unsuitable -- it behaves like koffice and some others in putting in *way* too much formatting, often more than doubling the size of the document. (actually, kword did a lot to fix this by offering a stripped html formatting option.) there's not a really good linux wysiwig html editor that i've found. Now you tell me. ;-(>) I suppose file bloat is the price you pay for convenience. One of these days I'll figure out how to use Bluefish. -- Leon A. Goldstein Powered by Libranet 2.8 Debian Linux System LI ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
what does textmaker do? dep wrote: i use textmaker -- couldn't live without it -- and it is very, very good. i got this note from 'em tonight and thought i'd pass it along in case anyone had been interested but didn't want to pay $50 for the product (though if it were $200 it would be worth it, imho). -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.22-xfs ^ ^7:36pm up 1 day, 3:42, 0 users, load average: 1.13, 0.99, 0.97 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
quoth M.W. Chang: | what does textmaker do? it is an *excellent* word processor. reads and writes msft word files of many flavors -- best filters i've ever seen. and is both very powerful and very fast. i've so far used it for three book proposals (complicated documents of about 25,000 words each) and numerous magazine pieces, and it hasn't hiccuped even once. and it works very well on a low-resources machine; it's very fast on my celeron 366 notebook with 192 megs of memory. -- dep Writing takes no time. It's finding something to say that takes forever. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 19:37:01 +0800 M.W. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what does textmaker do? dep wrote: i use textmaker -- couldn't live without it -- and it is very, very good. i got this note from 'em tonight and thought i'd pass it along in case anyone had been interested but didn't want to pay $50 for the product (though if it were $200 it would be worth it, imho). -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.22-xfs ^ ^7:36pm up 1 day, 3:42, 0 users, load average: 1.13, 0.99, 0.97 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users I dl the free trial, what installs it. RickSivernell textmakertrial # ll total 14851 drwxr-xr-x7 500 users 912 Sep 19 09:12 . drwxr-xr-x3 rick users 152 Nov 9 07:02 .. drwxrwxrwx2 500 users 552 May 2 2003 fonts -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 487476 Nov 16 1998 gerconv.thn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 665627 Nov 15 1998 german.dcn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 70685 Jun 13 2002 german.hyp -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 644280 Sep 22 1998 german.thn drwxr-xr-x4 500 users2216 May 27 10:39 html drwxr-xr-x2 500 users 240 Apr 15 2003 icons drwxr-xr-x5 500 users 128 Mar 26 2003 install_de drwxr-xr-x5 500 users 136 Apr 29 2003 install_en -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 648047 Nov 16 1998 ngerman.dcn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 84966 Jan 15 1999 ngerman.hyp -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 644483 Sep 23 1998 ngerman.thn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 5875354 Sep 19 09:31 tml -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 482012 Sep 19 09:31 tml.awr -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 498902 Sep 19 09:31 tml.dwr -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 498999 Sep 19 09:31 tml.nwr -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 482057 Sep 19 09:31 tml.uwr -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 1564237 Apr 30 2003 tml_de.pdf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 956305 Dec 25 2002 tml_en.pdf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 187663 Sep 21 1998 ukeng.dcn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 23080 Jan 15 1999 ukeng.hyp -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 457033 Sep 23 1998 ukeng.thn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 185550 Sep 21 1998 useng.dcn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 88232 Jan 15 1999 useng.hyp -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 456454 Sep 23 1998 useng.thn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 31005 Feb 19 2003 vgacou.dwf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users6047 Feb 19 2003 vgahlv.dwf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users6306 Feb 19 2003 vgasys.dwf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 109672 Feb 19 2003 vgatms.dwf -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Linux Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust! ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
On Sunday 09 November 2003 05:10 am, Rick Sivernell wrote: On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 19:37:01 +0800 M.W. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what does textmaker do? It's a floor wax . . . No, it's a dessert topping . . . .No, floor wax, . . . . No, dessert topping. Stop, you're both right! And, for a limited time only, not just $59.95, or $49.95, but, if you mention that you saw it on linuxandmain, yours for only $29.95 (shipping and handling not included). Seriously, however, it's a Word replacement that works well, reads and writes Word format. dep wrote: i use textmaker -- couldn't live without it -- and it is very, very good. i got this note from 'em tonight and thought i'd pass it along in case anyone had been interested but didn't want to pay $50 for the product (though if it were $200 it would be worth it, imho). -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.22-xfs ^ ^7:36pm up 1 day, 3:42, 0 users, load average: 1.13, 0.99, 0.97 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users I dl the free trial, what installs it. RickSivernell textmakertrial # ll total 14851 drwxr-xr-x7 500 users 912 Sep 19 09:12 . drwxr-xr-x3 rick users 152 Nov 9 07:02 .. drwxrwxrwx2 500 users 552 May 2 2003 fonts -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 487476 Nov 16 1998 gerconv.thn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 665627 Nov 15 1998 german.dcn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 70685 Jun 13 2002 german.hyp -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 644280 Sep 22 1998 german.thn drwxr-xr-x4 500 users2216 May 27 10:39 html drwxr-xr-x2 500 users 240 Apr 15 2003 icons drwxr-xr-x5 500 users 128 Mar 26 2003 install_de drwxr-xr-x5 500 users 136 Apr 29 2003 install_en -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 648047 Nov 16 1998 ngerman.dcn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 84966 Jan 15 1999 ngerman.hyp -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 644483 Sep 23 1998 ngerman.thn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 5875354 Sep 19 09:31 tml -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 482012 Sep 19 09:31 tml.awr -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 498902 Sep 19 09:31 tml.dwr -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 498999 Sep 19 09:31 tml.nwr -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 482057 Sep 19 09:31 tml.uwr -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 1564237 Apr 30 2003 tml_de.pdf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 956305 Dec 25 2002 tml_en.pdf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 187663 Sep 21 1998 ukeng.dcn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 23080 Jan 15 1999 ukeng.hyp -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 457033 Sep 23 1998 ukeng.thn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 185550 Sep 21 1998 useng.dcn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 88232 Jan 15 1999 useng.hyp -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 456454 Sep 23 1998 useng.thn -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 31005 Feb 19 2003 vgacou.dwf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users6047 Feb 19 2003 vgahlv.dwf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users6306 Feb 19 2003 vgasys.dwf -rwxr-xr-x1 500 users 109672 Feb 19 2003 vgatms.dwf -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd rather be sailing ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
On Sunday 09 November 2003 04:49 am, dep wrote: quoth M.W. Chang: | what does textmaker do? it is an *excellent* word processor. reads and writes msft word files of many flavors -- best filters i've ever seen. and is both very powerful and very fast. i've so far used it for three book proposals Yeah, but did you get the contract?? g (complicated documents of about 25,000 words each) My God, can you imagine reading another 25,000 words of dep?? Like that Practical KDE book he wrote that I bought that was out of date about two months after it came out g ;-) And the book came with no cheap upgrades, unlike Textmaker. and numerous magazine pieces, and it hasn't hiccuped even once. and it works very well on a low-resources machine; it's very fast on my celeron 366 notebook with 192 megs of memory. -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd rather be sailing ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
better than open office? Tony Alfrey wrote: Seriously, however, it's a Word replacement that works well, reads and writes Word format. -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.22-xfs ^ ^1:28am up 1 day, 9:34, 0 users, load average: 1.08, 1.02, 1.01 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
M. W. Chang wrote: better than open office? Tony Alfrey wrote: Seriously, however, it's a Word replacement that works well, reads and writes Word format. I dloaded the trial version after reading the original post. Abiword still gets my nod. The latest release that came with Libranet 2.8.1 can read/write WP files. -- Leon A. Goldstein Powered by Libranet 2.8 Debian Linux System G2 ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
quoth M.W. Chang: | better than open office? far different (though in my estimation oodles better, also). textmaker is a word processor/desktop publisher, period. it is much, much smaller and much, much faster than openoffice. on a machine here where openoffice takes more than a minute to open and ready to take input, textmaker takes six seconds. textmaker also makes better use of fonts and offers full antialiasing. the differences are on a par with the differences between opera and mozilla. (or, to be more accurate, opera 18 months ago and mozilla 18 months ago.) i've used dozens of word processors in the last 20 years -- no, scores of word processors. textmaker is my favorite of the lot. i am not sure it is possible to overpraise it -- it's just great. -- dep Writing takes no time. It's finding something to say that takes forever. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:29 am, M.W. Chang wrote: better than open office? Tony Alfrey wrote: Seriously, however, it's a Word replacement that works well, reads and writes Word format. Don't know; haven't used OO. Sorry. I think they still have a trial version; load it up and give it a spin. -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd rather be sailing ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
On Sunday 09 November 2003 07:05 am, Collins Richey wrote: snip I'm used to waiting for reponse from user groups re open source products, but IMHO a commerical provider needs to have a little better response than this. Perhaps I'll try again or try to buy it during the Karnival madness. Try it; you'll like it. -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd rather be sailing ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
OpenOffice is more akin to the full MS Office suite - it has Word, Excel, and Powerpoint equivalents and I've found it works well. Tony Alfrey wrote: On Sunday 09 November 2003 09:29 am, M.W. Chang wrote: better than open office? Tony Alfrey wrote: Seriously, however, it's a Word replacement that works well, reads and writes Word format. Don't know; haven't used OO. Sorry. I think they still have a trial version; load it up and give it a spin. -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: textmaker for very little money, tuesday only
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 13:28, Tony Alfrey wrote: On Sunday 09 November 2003 07:05 am, Collins Richey wrote: snip I'm used to waiting for reponse from user groups re open source products, but IMHO a commerical provider needs to have a little better response than this. Perhaps I'll try again or try to buy it during the Karnival madness. Try it; you'll like it. I got a prompt response from textmaker tech support this time. Per their story, an ex-employee sat on a lot of emails, including mine, so I will try the lottery on Tuesday. -- Collins Fedora core 1 system ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
