Emacs... At 07:20 AM 10/17/2002 -0700, you 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
