Funny you should mention that . . . for pretty pictures, I used to do some documents in HTML and print them out because they often looked nice than what I could get using a regular WP. In that sense, Composer is a word processor. The FONT tags can be used to change the size or face of the font, we have italics, headings, bold text, inserting of pictures and what not. And it's a lot easier to do such things in composer than it is in many word processors! --- John Beamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read the most curious review of Composer just a <em>> few weeks ago. I <em>> found it linked off LinuxToday.com, posted at <em>> mozillaquest. I've heard <em>> Mozilla described as an "operating platform" and as <em>> a "work <em>> environment"...well, one of these same Fan-zillas <em>> introduced Composer in <em>> this article as "Composer: The Netscape & Mozilla <em>> Graphical HTML Editor <em>> & Word Processor". "Word Processor". <em>> <em>> That's something I never seriously considered <em>> before, but it makes you <em>> ask the question "why the heck not?" It's a <em>> legitimate question why we <em>> don't even suggest that people compose fontsy <em>> "documents" in a simple <em>> HTML editor like this. Lessee... tables, colors, <em>> fonts, hyperlinks, <em>> images. It's also the default HTML-email editor for <em>> NS/Moz, much like <em>> MS Word can be selected as the default <em>> more-artsy-than-fartsy email <em>> editor for Outlook. That right there shows that <em>> SOMEBODY expected <em>> Composer to be a sort of workhorse document engine. <em>> If it can be made <em>> to save in XML instead of HTML, it'll catch the <em>> latest big wave in <em>> "standards", too. <em>> <em>> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-02-25-015-04-OP-SW <em>> <em>> -j <em>> <em>> Dustin Puryear wrote: <em>> > <em>> > Gsibbery McGillicuddy wrote: <em>> > > <em>> > > I was surprised when I first used it as well. It <em>> does <em>> > > work pretty good and after using it, I was <em>> surprised <em>> > > that so many other tools that you have to pay <em>> for are <em>> > > able to make much headway. Even so, I usually <em>> stick to <em>> > > vi for my HTML editing. ;) <em>> > <em>> > Yeah, I'm usually that way. But it can take A LOT <em>> of time using vi. I <em>> > think I'll only use vi when I know I'll need to <em>> add code to the page, <em>> > and use composer when it's just vanilla HTML. <em>> Yeah! No more <em>> > StarOffice->Word->HTML->vi. Too bad it doesn't <em>> have a grammar checker. <em>> > ;-) <em>> > <em>> > Regards, Dustin <em>> > <em>> > > <em>> > > --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I <em>> > > recently started digging into HTML editors for <em>> > > > Linux because I was <em>> > > > tired of hand-editing the HTML output of <em>> > > > Word/StarOffice (which sucks). <em>> > > > After playing around I found that, damnit, <em>> Netscape <em>> > > > Composer is actually <em>> > > > pretty good. Any one else feel the same? It <em>> actually <em>> > > > works. I don't know <em>> > > > why, but I'm shocked. <em>> > > > <em>> > > > Regards, Dustin <em>> > > > <em>> > > > -- <em>> > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <em>> > > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear <em>> > > > In the beginning the Universe was created. <em>> > > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - <em>> > > > Douglas Adams <em>> > > > <em>> ================================================ <em>> > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more <em>> information. <em>> > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> > > > your subscription information. <em>> > > > <em>> ================================================ <em>> > > <em>> > > <em>> ____________________________________________________________ <em>> > > Do You Yahoo!? <em>> > > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at <em>> http://mail.yahoo.co.uk <em>> > > or your free @yahoo.ie address at <em>> http://mail.yahoo.ie <em>> > > ================================================ <em>> > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> > > your subscription information. <em>> > > ================================================ <em>> > <em>> > -- <em>> > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <em>> > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear <em>> > In the beginning the Universe was created. <em>> > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - <em>> Douglas Adams <em>> > ================================================ <em>> > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> > your subscription information. <em>> > ================================================ <em>> ================================================ <em>> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> your subscription information. <em>> ================================================ <p>____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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