Re: (OT) gnash vs. flash (was Re: Why does installing gnome ...)
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:19:07 +0200
Micha <michf@post.tau.ac.il> wrote:
...
> The problem is collaboration. There are quite a few word documents that don't
> open properly in open office (hebrew usually typesets wrong, math doesn't work
> at all ...)
>
> Powerpoint files are also a complete mess in openoffice.
>
> Personally though I use lyx for anything I can get away with. Luckily in
> university mathematics no one knows word. Almost everyone apart for a few
> students that haven't converted yet use latex.
Hm, I've had sort of the opposite experience. Hebrew stuff usually
works fine for me with OO, but I've reluctantly had to give up LyX for
mixed Hebrew / English document creation, due to its brokenness:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=516017
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=516020
Celejar
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