[geeks] RHCE advice

[Michael Parson]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 11:25:11PM -0400, velociraptor wrote:
> On 7/25/06, Michael Parson <mparson at bl.org>wrote:
>>> I would imagine that it could be done easily enough with AppleScript if
>>> you are using a Mac.  I don't know about using OpenOffice in that manner
>>> on other platforms.
>>
>> Well, OpenOffice isn't a native app for MacOS, but there is NeoOffice,
>> which is still in alpha test versions, but it might be Applescript-able.
>
> I have to say, even in alpha form, I like NeoOffice better than OO on
> Linux.  That may just be an artifact of the Aqua libraries being
> "speedier" than the bloat that passes for a GUI on Linux, but I can't
> be sure.

The X11 version is good enough for me right now, I might give it a shot
when the Beta version slips out later this year.

> There are a few interface things that OO does that I don't like,
> though.  I've been having trouble grokking how it handles tables and
> hanging indents.  I tried RTFM'ing but the docs are just stupid
> enumerations of what the menus->commands do. :-/

About the only bit of OO I use with any real regularity is the
spreadsheet.  I despise WYSIWYG wordprocessors so most of my formatted
text work is done in groff.  Besides, my fingers are just hardwired for
vi. ;)

> It's just too bad that Adobe hasn't seen fit to port Framemaker to OS
> X.  Kinda stupid, given there's a Sparc X11 version--I doubt Mac geeks
> would balk at running it under X11.

So put a sparc over in the corner and let it display to the Mac. =)

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org