Re: Rich text format.
* John Griffiths <john@capmon.com>, 20010313 00:29 +0100:
> >Dear Debian Group,
> >
> >I would like to know what program you would use to work with rich text
> >format in Linux.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >Ry
> >
ted is specialized in RTF; I'd probably use StarOffice because it offers
more formats.
> YUK! which RTF are we talking about?
>
> also are we talking from the GUI or CLI?
>
> if you are running "X" then star/open office or WP8 both do a good job
> also Mule and AbiWord or SIAG
>
> but there's open spec rtf and then the junk that MS Word calls RTF, your mileage can vary dramatically.
Esp. with WP(h)8, which has real problems with RTF.
> I haven't found a CLI rtf--->postscript converter i'm happy with for dealing with the MS junk...
>
> but you need to give more detail on what you are trying to read and how you want to use it
>
> If you want more info you'll need to give more...
>
> John
-Andre
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