From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F39DD3EFF1 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:15:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g0BFFGE08566 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:15:16 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0BFFG311400 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:15:16 -0500 Received: from mail1.arkeia.com (knox-gw.knox-software.easynet.fr [212.180.90.105]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0BFFEd11347 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:15:15 -0500 Received: from voyager.knox.com (voyager.knox.com [192.168.7.139]) by mail1.arkeia.com (Postfix) with SMTP id EF37442F4A for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:32:54 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:17:32 +0100 From: Gil Andre To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: AFT -- Almost free text. Message-Id: <20020111161732.6dc19217.gandre@arkeia.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20020111143225.77a69442.gandre@arkeia.com> Organization: Knox Software X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.0 (GTK+ 1.2.8; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Ahem. On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:54:17 -0500 (EST) Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by Gil Andre on January 11, 2002, at 14:32] > > >Why? Because .RTF or HTML files can be a little bit more > >pleasant to read -- > > And many, many other reasons. > > That, of course, wasn't my question. My question was why a person would want to > have a Linux tool which converted simple text into Word. That's just not > useful. I don't mean to appear too obnoxious, but have you read my message? I gave you all the reasons why. RTF is a Microsoft file format which is accepted by Word without any problems. Again, I need to communicate with two kinds of users. Some are blind, and will accept ASCII or HTML files, which are easy to manage with the proper tools. Other users, who are not blind, use Windows (or Linux) and request a minimum of formatting in the files I send them. Having a tool that allow me to communicate with both sets of users and post the files on the www servers is a Real Good Thing. It may sound weird to you, or useless... But I needed this and I am happy I found a small program to do this. Take care! /----------------------------------------------------\ | Gil Andre -- Technical Writer -- gandre@arkeia.com | | Knox Software: http://www.arkeia.com | |A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation.| \----------------------------------------------------/