Quoting Paolo Falcone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > OpenOffice build 641c, though a bit more lightweight than StarOffice 6.0, > doesn't read nor write RTF files (which I think is the only sane document > format that M$ produced, though they change its specs with every new > release of M$ Word.
There's some hope this will soon be fixed, because AbiWord recently had a breakthrough in reliable RTF import and export -- and that project has compatible licensing. One of the nice things about open source programming is that, once one project solves a algorithm problem, most of the time everyone else can use the solution, too. (Even when licensing or other obstacles stand in the way of literally borrowing code, the other projects can still benefit greatly by studying a successful implementation with freely available source code.) > OpenOffice isn't too much of a resource hog like StarOffice was, though > sometimes it would error out for no apparent reason (but fortunately it > offers to save the files you have opened before crashing - which makes it > possible to recover the state of your files prior to the crash of the office > suite), and it takes 5-10 seconds for the opening splash screen to dissipate > even on my 700MHz machine with 320MB RAM and 1GB swap running on > 2.4.18 with RML patches. About 40 seconds on my antique VAIO. (Everyone has better computers than I do. ;-> ) > And oh, I'm still waiting for the OpenOffice team to finish their > documentation. Yes, indeed. There's a big hole, there. If I didn't suck at studying other people's code, I'd probably try to find time to help. -- Cheers, "Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?" Rick Moen -- Steven Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
