Wow!
I wasn't expecting such an extensive and interesting answer!
Thanks a lot. Pathetic Writer (what a name) is going to ease my life very
much. mswordview without Wine, very cool. I can't believe this siag suite is
not included at least in the contribs, it would be a nice alternative to
Maxwell, indeed.
I am sooo close to get rid of this vfat stuff... Excel is going to be hard
to swallow, though ;-)
Thanks again,
---
kk1
PS: No comment about your not-at-home solution, freedom of choice is the
best part of this nice linux story...
>From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Cooker] Two persistent kfm bugs
>Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 04:38:19 +0000
>
>Quel Qun wrote:
>
> > >From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: Re: [Cooker] Two persistent kfm bugs
> > >Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:49:18 +0000
> > >
> > >
> > >Uhhh ....
> > >
> > >There was no question of using any other WM. I needed one I
> > >could set to open a program when the *.doc, *.rtf, *.whatever
> > >file got clicked. The applink/mimelink system achieved that.
> > >
>
>Well, I go to /usr/share/mimelnk/application and create a mimetype called
>x-msword for the binary patterns *.doc;*.DOC; and bind it to StarOffice,
>after installing StarOffice with the /net option and installing it to /root
>and /home/theuser as workstation (I install it to /root to put it where I
>can
>manipulate it to the main menu).
>
>Then I go to /usr/share/applnk/ and open the StarOffice one (usually there
>are more than one but any will do, whether in a package on the main menu or
>not. I am making a submenu called Office and putting SO, KLyX, Acrobat
>Reader, KOrganizer and kedit into it, so I usually go there and use the
>tabs
>at the top of the applnk to get to Application then select the appropriate
>mimetype and move it to the left side. Of course, at home the situation is
>different. I tried setting text/rtf to Maxwell and BLEAH, it couldn't
>handle
>a file much bigger than a meg without my spit shining the Empire State
>building while waiting for it to open, so I found siag office and use
>Pathetic Writer from that suite.
>
>Civileme
>
>
> >
> >
> > He he, I'm glad you mention rtf since I am looking for a way to open
>these
> > files. Which application are you using for that?
> >
> > Too many people are still using M$ apps :-)
> >
> > ---
> > kk1
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