Re: Why is koffice missing from debian-ppc ?
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 11:39:41 -0600
Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 22:36, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> > > I have heard some positive things about kword,
>
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 23:03:00 -0500, Albert Cahalan
> <albert@users.sf.net> wrote:
> > Others:
> >
> > ted
> > OpenOffice
> > AbiWord
> >
> > I use ted. It's fast. It works well enough
> > for doing a resume at least:
> > http://home.comcast.net/~weirdnix/cahalan.pdf
>
> Thank you for the endorsements. I specifically have been wanting to
> try kword because I have heard it works like FrameMaker (frames based
> layout). FrameMaker has long been a staple in some tech writing
> circles because of its strengths and flexibility. Sadly its biggest
> liability in the last several years has been that it was bought by
> (and has languished under) Adobe.
If you're looking for FrameMaker like stuff, you might also try Scribus
- it's a KDE program for desktop publishing. Sorry, I can't check to see
if it's in the Debian-PPC archives right now or not.
HTH,
Jacob
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