From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay14-dav8.bay14.hotmail.com ([64.4.48.112] helo=hotmail.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CRxJm-0002wB-00 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:35:42 -0500 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:35:01 -0800 Received: from 198.236.13.30 by BAY14-DAV8.phx.gbl with DAV; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:34:37 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [198.236.13.30] X-Originating-Email: [z_kline@hotmail.com] X-Sender: z_kline@hotmail.com From: "Zachary Kline" To: , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20041110044610.GA10407@fast.hn> <16785.64603.156960.180284@akp@selfhost.com> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:34:37 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Nov 2004 18:35:01.0430 (UTC) FILETIME=[FD039560:01C4C753] Cc: Subject: Re: Word processing in linux X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:35:47 -0000 I was under the impression that Gnome was ready, at least that is the impression I have gotten from listening to things like the review on ACB Radio's Main Menu in 2003. Am I mistaken? ----- Original Message ----- From: "akp" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:32 AM Subject: Word processing in linux > Hi Tylor, > > Hmmmm, well there isn't much you can do right now. Star Office > requires X-Windows, and the Gnome desktop is not ready for prime-time > yet. You could do worse than to learn Emacs and LaTeX. As for losing > the formatting, that's part of the territory. I'd write all my stuff > in emacs, then transfer it to MSWord when I got to school. You could > do the final formatting there. BTW, formatting has two T's, short > vowel and word ending in ING. Double T keeps the vowel short! > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp@eznet.net > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. > Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >