I got in contact with the author of Ted, the other wordprocessor I've been thinking of recommending for BL2. The author pointed out to me that the version I was using (2.11) had some problems, and that I should upgrade to 2.12. I was still a bit skeptical, since I was unable to get 2.11 to do much of anything I tried (in terms of advanced formatting). However, version 2.12 passed all my test with flying colors. I was able to create multiple footnotes, insert footnotes into an existing document, create headers, insert a table, change font faces etc. It's a prelimiary test, but so far it looks really good. I may try some "real world" testing with it soon, or perhaps come up with some other "trials" to put it through (deleting or adding a footnote to see if it renumbers the foontotes correctly comes to mind). But so far, it's starting to look like a perhaps ideal candidate for BL2. It creates files in .rtf format by default. The one that I created and sent to my wife, asking her to open it in M$Word, seems to have displayed just fine. As I think I noted previously, Ted can convert files to .pdf - with the addition of other software (Ghostscript) and additional tweaking.
The download is a 2.5 MB tar.gz file. There is a companion install script that must be downloaded as well - installTed.sh. It installed just fine on this P90 with Vectorlinux (Slack-based) and it performs well: at a comfortbale pace, and not overly slowly. I noted a couple of minor display issues (vertical lines left behind as you scroll right or left), but no serious problems yet. The installed binary is just under 3MB. The LDD included in my last note on Ted probably applies to this version as well. If you'd like. Steven, I could send you the smallish .rtf file (18KB, 3 or 4 pages) I created with Ted so you can see the end results. Unless you have a wordprocessor that will display footnotes (as I said, I don't think Abiword has this capability), you will be unable to appreciate some of the features. Let me know if I should send it along. James To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
