Re: Writer Processor (was Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian ...)
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:44:08 +0100
Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > On 02/11/07 14:03, Joe Hart wrote:
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> >> Hal Vaughan wrote:
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> >> I am a writer, and I used Word to write my books. Personally I
> >> don't like OO Writer. It, just like MS Word is overblown. I
> >> still haven't found the Perfect Word Processor, but now at least
> >>
> >
> > What do you need in a WP? Academic features (formal citations,
> > embedded graphics, TOC, index, etc), movie/theater formating,
> > something I haven't thought of?
> >
> > I guess what I'm asking is, "Why can't you use a full-featured
> > *text* editor?" gvim or gedit, maybe, with a postprocessing tool to
> > reformat output to typewriter (double-spaced, with 1 inch margins &
> > headers) format?
> >
> > Such editors are definitely light-weight and ASCII files are small
> > and totally portable.
> >
> >
> >> I can get the source code to one that I think is good, and if I
> >> can understand the code, I might even be able to make it my
> >> Perfect Word (Pun intended).
> >>
> >
> > Only greybeards will understand that pun.
> >
> >
>
> Actually, my work is plain fiction, and the only features I need are
> basic editing, but the feature that I used the most was using headers to
> mark places and using the outline view to quickly locate different
> sections. I am getting older (I remember having to learn WP 5.1 at
> school) and my memory isn't what it used to be. I find myself having to
> look back to ensure that I keep names consistent. Can't very well have
> Kathy do something then have Karmen say later that she did it. It would
> probably help to keep index cards, but I am far to lazy. My best
> writing comes off the cuff.
>
Folding is one thing that I'm missing in lyx but emacs can do that in latex
(including good searching), vim can probably do it also. There is a folding
mode for emacs that can do simple three level headers and text with folding
which might be enough for you.
> Honestly, Kword is good enough. The biggest problem that I have is that
> I am in the Netherlands and write in English. I can't find a publisher
> here that wants to print books in English and my Dutch isn't good enough
> to translate.
>
> I thought I could use the net and find a publisher in the U.S. but
> that's not how it works. Most publishers wont touch writers who don't
> have an agent and agents wont touch writers that haven't published.
>
I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help there. It's probably possible to publish at
least something online. There must be some way for publishers to find new
authors.
> Joe
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