Re: Lightweight RTF Editor in Debian?
> Hello,
>
> I have been looking for a lightweight RTF text editor for Lenny for
> quite a while now. Currently, I am using AbiWord, but all the
> dependencies on Gnome libraries are somewhat unpleasant (I'm using
> FluxBox as my WM). I have tried Ted, but I can't even get it to open a
> document. Are there any other lightweight editors that speak RTF?
I have not tried AbiWord. Probably should.
Problem with RTF is that it's Microsoft's language and they will do with it
whatever they please and you'd better learn to like it. Differing versions
and subversions of their software may do RTF entirely differently. The RTF
standard (Microsoft? There is such a document--doesn't mean they follow it
themselves) says that an RTF reader should accept anything thrown at it
gracefully. There are alternates in the language for problematic/optional
commands and objects.
I wrote the RTF filters for Dagesh/Accent which were maybe the most complete
and better such filters around. Then Msoft put in Unicode support (aka
kludge) and the interoperability was broken. Had the privilege afterwards of
fixing this. Interoperability with Word was quite nice and did work with
OpenOffice but alas, OO's current RTF seems to work best with its own
exported RTF. Now crashes with mine. Not very gracefull (I would be joyfully
willing to work on this but Sun is an employer, pretty please....)
Maintaining RTF reader/editors is a pain because one is chasing an
ever-changing target made by a self-styled omnipotent rule-maker/braker.
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