Living in Plaintext

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 11:13 -0700, Craig Brooksby wrote:
> I am trying to simplify -- get rid of all these specialty Windows
> applications (I use at work), each of which has its own file formats,
> learning curve, upgrade requirements, etc. etc. and just store
> everything I can in plain old text files.  So far, it feels good. 
> There is a lot of advice about the pluses and minuses of this approach
> on the web.  (I'm ignoring the minuses.)
> 
> So:  I've got an old Handspring Visor that I love.  Black and white. 
> No graphics, just plain old text.
> 
> I need something that will sync my folders of text files on my Linux
> or XP box, with my Palm OS.  Some kind of Palm OS docreader, I
> suppose.  If anyone has a recommendation for me, based on your own
> experience, please advise.  Searhing around, I have come across a
> baffling array of $10 Palm programs, with no idea of how to evaluate
> them  So any advice is appreciated.
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anything but a plaintext reply (I don't generally read off my palm
phone).

Acrobat Reader for handheld devices is free download from adobe.com but
of course, they read PDF format files

Craig