Subject: Re: FmtMark
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 10:50:05 CDT
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:24:51AM -0400, Ron Ross wrote:
> Sam TH <sam@uchicago.edu> writes:
>
> > On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:18:38AM -0400, Ron Ross wrote:
> > > > > paste in somewhere else would probably eliminate any desire this particular
> > > > > user has for the "madness".
> > >
> > > I've lost the original post, and thus the context, of that
> > > "reveal-codes" line, but as WordPerfect user since WP 4.2, I'm still
> > > rather inclined toward that madness; it's still my all-too-often need
> > > last resort for cleaning up messy Word documents I receive (OK, and
> > > sometimes my own foolishness ;-) .
> >
> > Well, opinion is mixed on this issue. Anyone who has ever used WP
> > believes that all word processors should have Reveal Codes. As
> > someone who's very first use of computers was playing on my parents
> > copy of WP 5.0 (they had 4.2 before that), I share this view.
> > However, the goal of AbiWord should be to make this uneccessary, since
> > it is fundamentally only for cleaning up problems. But, being a cynic
> > and all, I think AbiWord will have use for reveal codes. However,
> > being able to edit the XML is a nice substitute.
>
> attached to word processors. I knew nothing of AbiWord when I first
> downloaded it and tried it out (0.6.x I think, and I was looking for a
> Wordpad replacement!!); then I decided to look at the file it produced
I'd be impressed if you really did try 0.6.x. If you still have a
copy, please let me know. :-)
[ We went directly from 0.5.x to 0.7.x ]
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