Probably about the next best thing would be Emacs. It is hardly a "what you see is what you get" word processer but it is one hell of a text editor. On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 07:20:47AM -0700, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > I recently aquired the Linux shell box from my ISP when it was being > taken out of service. I had planned to merge stuff from my old DOS > system with the Linux system to make a dual boot system with speech > synthesizer support for both operating systems. However, my old hard > drive with all of my DOS stuff on it failed to spin up after it was > removed from its old home in my antique tower. So, I am now doing > everything with Linux and Speakup--not a bad thing certainly, but I > need to get a few more things running to complete the transition. > The most important thing I need to get running ASAP is a word > processor. I used Word Perfect since 1987, but I am willing to learn > something new to get things going on Linux if I need to. I think Red > Hat offers a business package which includes a recent version of Word > Perfect, but I am not in a position to shell out that kind of money > right now. Is there a word processor out there somewhere that works > with Speakup and Slackware Linux 8.0? I suppose I could start > writing my own wordd processor in C, but that would be a big project, > and I do not have the time to take on such a monster right now. I do > not need anything too fancy--it needs to let me edit text which will > be printed onto several pages, must include word wrap, and a built in > spell checker would be nice. Any hints about where I might findd > such a creature will be appreciated, and I will also appreciate any > pointers to more complex word processors for Linux. Linux is great, > Speakup is great, I just need to get a few more tools working to > really get this machine working for me. > > Thanks for your tips, and have a _great_ day! > > > -- > Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. > rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid > Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. > _PI = 4 * ARCTAN (1) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
