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Title: Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: Serious on January 17, 2008, 23:05:44 PM
For my eeepc. Open office is rather bloated for my needs.
Title: Re:Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: cornet on January 18, 2008, 00:36:55 AM
Abiword (http://www.abisource.com/)

Much lighter than openoffice
Title: Re:Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: Serious on January 18, 2008, 03:45:42 AM
didnt like the system. failed to install :(
Title: Re:Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: Mark on January 18, 2008, 23:06:09 PM
Just use EE

Title: Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on January 19, 2008, 18:51:27 PM
er... doesnt GEDIT do RTF?
Title: Re:Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: Serious on January 20, 2008, 01:54:12 AM
Managed to find out that you can upgrade the user interface from standard to a proper KDE one, looks nice :)

As there is a monitor socket it can be plugged in and run at 1024*768, a bit better resolution than the built in screen.

Still looking for an rtf editor that works on the thing...
Title: Re:Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: cornet on January 20, 2008, 13:01:57 PM
Quote from: Seriousdidnt like the system. failed to install :(

oh ? I assume you tried to download it from that site then...

You should be able to open a terminal and do


 sudo apt-get install abiword


or some im led to believe
Title: Re:Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: Serious on January 25, 2008, 00:05:55 AM
I did it the first way and then tried the second.

1 need the repository

2 probably need more space too. Getting a high speed 8GB SD-HC card for it as a boot device.

[edit]
Didnt need the extra space, found out I needed the xandros repositories and got a list. Abiword downloaded and installed successfully in seconds  :w00t:

Still going to use the memory card tho.
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Title: Re:Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: Serious on January 25, 2008, 18:36:57 PM
Crunches when I try to do a wordcount :(

And still takes an age to load RTF files.

Guess I try some cream next, although I doubt if it will be any better.
Title: Re:Neeeeed good Linux rtf editor
Post by: Serious on January 27, 2008, 01:23:03 AM
I Thought I had found something with Tea, but it doesnt seem to want to install properly, the folders are there, but nothing much is in them :/