Re: Living in Plaintext

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Author: Craig White
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Living in Plaintext
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

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