Need word processor for Linux

[mgcon@mail.neta.com]

Sorry I missed your post.

Funny; everything below sounds like something I would say.


> 
> On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 07:42:23PM -0700, mgcon@mail.neta.com wrote:
> > I haven't heard anyone mention Lyx or Klyx!
> 
> Yeah, I mentioned it.
> 
> > What I like is that it will keep you focused upon
> > the content, rather than putzing around with
> > formatting.
> 
> I agree.  It's excellent for highly structured work like academic
> papers or letters.  But once in a while you have a need to putz around
> to do DTP-ish stuff or get your printer to make labels for your 
> file folders or whatever.  I haven't figured out how to do that yet,
> but maybe it's possible, because a sheet of labels has a well-defined
> structure, too.
> 
> Anyway I try to do everything I can with HTML or plain text, and use 
> LyX only for documents which will definitely never be anything other 
> than paper documents.  For instance, if you're doing a report at work,
> doesn't it make sense to make it available on the intranet?  in which
> case HTML is better.  You also have to be good with Photoshop or GIMP, 
> to render all the diagrams which get exported from various other tools.
> The backward-thinking fools can still print it out, it's their karma; 
> but at least you're not making it hard for them to view it onscreen.
> 
> But I guess there is tex2html.  I was thinking of doing my resume in
> Lyx, and using that to convert it to html.  Right now it's in HTML,
> and every now and then some bozo asks for it in Word format, and they
> bitch about HTML not being printable (since when?); or it's a headhunter
> who wants to take my contact info out for confidentiality when they submit 
> it to some company, and can't figure out how to edit it out of the HTML 
> without making it look funny (yes, this actually happened once).  
> If it were in TeX, maybe I could find a path to convert it to PDF for 
> those subhumans.  Offer it in HTML, TeX, PS, PDF, and maybe RTF, and
> then they'll be the ones feeling stupid for not being able to figure
> out how to edit or print any of them.
> 
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