on 08.03.2004 21:29, William Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Paul, it's not the opening to read that I a looking > for, it is opening up, as I can do now, in a simple > text file that I can then manipulate-change page size, > reparagraph etc. with my 'works' program. The only > thing I have found so far is Microsoft Office which > has more on it than I need. > > Came across an article today that seemed to indicate > that Jaguar has a program that will open downloaded > files that then can be manipulated. Anyone familiar > with this? Bill Smith >
Bill, If you re-read Paul C's suggestion, this is not a bad way to go about it: resave the message as a text file, which can then be opened, read, and edited in a text processor such as SimpleText, TextEdit, BBEdit, Alpha, etc. You then have the option of deleting the original message from the archive/database of Communicator, Outlook, Eudora, etc., or not. The reason you might not want to delete is that some of that "extraneous" data makes it possible to organize the messages by topic, thread, keywords, recipients, authors, etc., making it much easier to retrieve on demand. With Jaguar and beyond, a number of interesting options open up for text manipulation, formatting, and printing, particularly via the X11 emulation. In addition to a number of text utilitites--vi, emacs, pico, awk, sed, grep, etc.--that are now available from BSD, there are several open source word processors such as OpenOffice.org, LyX, and AbiWord. The first two are full-blown document suites, or MSW replacements, the latter is evolving as a more focused word processor with some very interesting developments with its plug-in architecture that allows for translation and editing across quite a number of document formats. For more advanced page layout and printing options, there is the UNIX "method," using a range of TeX packages available, such as LateX, SeTeX, etc. I'm not so sure that simplifies what you are trying to accomplish, though ;) Peace, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
