Re: any OSS text mode word processors?

[LUK ShunTim <cestluk@polyu.edu.hk>]

Duane Morin wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody know of Open Source text mode WPs for Linux/Unix? Even if
> ...
> > Sorry, I don't count vim, emacs, groff, TeX, lout, etc as WPs. I use
> > some of these very successfully, but a WP has to be WYSINWYG.
> 
> How can it be text mode, and WYSIWYG?  Even the early versions of WordPerfect
> wouldn't have fit that definition.  Is it ok, by your definition, to edit a
> doc in text mode and then press a "preview" key to see what it looks like?
> If that's ok, then a combination of Emacs/LaTeX would work pretty well.
> 
> Rumor has it that coming versions of Emacs will have word formatting
> capability,
> but I know nothing more on the subject.
> 
> Duane

I've not used Wordperfect for a long time but Corel has announced
that they are providing a free version of WordPerfect for Linux,
though this is not open source, I guest. 

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