Re: tlug: Maxwell WP for Linux

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Craig Oda wrote:

> On 4 Mar 1998, Jon Babcock wrote:
> 
> > The maxwell <http://www.eeyore-mule.demon.co.uk/> wp ran straight away
> > (2.0.32, Debian) but went tits up when I tried to import a jpeg. Also,
> > couldn't get the bulleted list to do anything. Only spent a few
> > minutes with it, but my impression is that it's right at that "just
> > 10% left to go" stage. Too bad, the UI is intuitive. (It's mildly
> 
> Jon,
> I've got parts of maxwell working now.  I can print easily
> and the fonts look okay.  There are some spacing problems, 
> but it's not too bad. I cannot import images though.  This is
> what I really want.  There are only a couple things that
> I don't like about straight LaTeX in Emacs.  These are that
> it is difficult to visualize the placement of images and
> tables without calling up xdvi or gv.  Maxwell looks to be
> too unstable right now.  Though, it does look promising. 
> 
> Maybe I'll give LyX a try again.  Though, what I really want
> is for LyX to output an HTML or XML document as a single
> file.  The last time I tried it, I don't think it could do it.
> Japanese support would be nice too.  

LyX works well... the Corel WordPerfect for Linux works much better,
though.  You can even try it for free - download it from
ftp.turbolinux.com and you get a free 15-day trial.  if you know what
you're doing, ie, you know which file to remove, the trial is indefinite..

> 
> Regards,
> Craig
> 
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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
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Next TLUG Meeting: 11 April 1998 Saturday, Tokyo Station
Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18n talking on source code
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