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 3BDDF3EB69 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:09:58 -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 g0BG9wW14679 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:09:58 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0BG9vC18597 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:09:57 -0500 Received: from goku.city-net.com (mail.city-net.com [198.144.32.6]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0BG9vd18593 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:09:57 -0500 Received: from trunks.city-net.com (IDENT:ddunfee@trunks.city-net.com [198.144.32.249]) by goku.city-net.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g0BGBsvc057017 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:11:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (ddunfee@localhost) by trunks.city-net.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA08668 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:09:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:09:36 -0500 (EST) From: To: Blinux Mailing list Subject: Re: AFT -- Almost free text. In-Reply-To: <20020111112941.3e7e0d2a.gandre@arkeia.com> 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: "But, what about Word?", someone asked. use plain text and give it a .txt extension, word will be as happy as a corperat lawyer at a ms convention. If you use no eol markings etc. the end user can pull it into a layout in word of their own design. While we are talking about it, comma delimited files can be imported into excel and the access database with equal facility. The name of the latter is always ironic as it is the least accessible of the ms "products". The reality is that there are universal formats, ascii text and comma delimited data files. While I'm on my soapbox, I have always thought using these universal formats is easily a reasonable accomidation under the ada, no one need be forced to use windows in many situations. Even many proprietary applications used in offices are just front ends for windows based databases and could easily use one of the universal formats which are accessible in speech friendly operating systems and applications.