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 F19323EA31 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:53:59 -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 g0BMrxW12631 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:53:59 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0BMrxH15641 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:53:59 -0500 Received: from server1.shellworld.net (root@server1.shellworld.net [64.39.15.178]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0BMrxd15635 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:53:59 -0500 Received: from localhost (ldavis@localhost) by server1.shellworld.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g0BMrwv65776 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:53:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:53:58 -0500 (EST) From: Luke Davis To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: AFT -- Almost free text. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Dave Mielke wrote: > >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. The point is: converting ASCII into a .doc format, does nothing to change the document. It just makes the file format word native--it does nothing to make the text "look better". Luke