Hi fellow Amiga users!

http://amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=7866#forumpost7866

Typesmith was great, but the pretender is coming.

Kind regards
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Lázi
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Hello Lazar,

I see no mention of AmigaOS of any version on the AbiWord website. I
do like the idea of a general open source office suite. I do hope some
are seriously working an Amigatized version.

On 03/17/2007, you wrote:
> Hi fellow Amiga users!

>
http://amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=7866#forumpost7866

> Typesmith was great, but the pretender is coming.

> Kind regards

Talk to you later.
--
Dr. Larry Keller
Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
lkeller@nacs.net

On Saturday 17 March 2007 22:06, Dr. Larry Keller wrote:
> Hello Lazar,
>
> I see no mention of AmigaOS of any version on the AbiWord website. I
> do like the idea of a general open source office suite. I do hope some
> are seriously working an Amigatized version.

The thread was AbiWord, but the reference was to FontForge as a replacement
for TypeSmith -- I guess that is being ported or is otherwise available
(through some unix/x11 compatibility interface?)

Tim Doty

>
> On 03/17/2007, you wrote:
> > Hi fellow Amiga users!
>
>http://amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=7866#forumpost7866
>
> > Typesmith was great, but the pretender is coming.
> >
> > Kind regards
>
> Talk to you later.

Hello Tim,

On 03/18/2007, you wrote:
> On Saturday 17 March 2007 22:06, Dr. Larry Keller wrote:
>> Hello Lazar,
>>
>> I see no mention of AmigaOS of any version on the AbiWord website.
>> I do like the idea of a general open source office suite. I do
>> hope some are seriously working an Amigatized version.

> The thread was AbiWord, but the reference was to FontForge as a
> replacement for TypeSmith -- I guess that is being ported or is
> otherwise available (through some unix/x11 compatibility interface?)

Thanks for the clarification. I never did use TypeSmith that much.
However, I would like to see a real word processor for the Amiga.
Ideally, it should load Final Writer files and itself be loadable into
PageStream. We can hope.

> Tim Doty

>>
>> On 03/17/2007, you wrote:
>> > Hi fellow Amiga users!
>>
>>
>>
http://amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=7866#forumpost7866
>> > Typesmith was great, but the pretender is coming.
>> >
>> > Kind regards
>>
>> Talk to you later.
>
Talk to you later.
--
Dr. Larry Keller
Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
lkeller@nacs.net

Hello,

TD> The thread was AbiWord, but the reference was to FontForge as a replacement
TD> for TypeSmith -- I guess that is being ported or is otherwise available
TD> (through some unix/x11 compatibility interface?)

Exactly. FontForge is not yet available but it wil be.
It runs on Cygnix as well as The Gimp, Amaya and others
Cygnix is here:
http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/misc/x11.lha

Bye
--
Philippe 'Elwood' FERRUCCI
Project Manager
Amiga Translator Organisation
http://elwoodb.free.fr

On 18/03/07, Dr. Larry Keller wrote:
> Hello Tim,
>
> On 03/18/2007, you wrote:
>> On Saturday 17 March 2007 22:06, Dr. Larry Keller wrote:
>>> Hello Lazar,
>>>
>>> I see no mention of AmigaOS of any version on the AbiWord
>>> website.
>>> I do like the idea of a general open source office suite. I do
>>> hope some are seriously working an Amigatized version.
>
>> The thread was AbiWord, but the reference was to FontForge as a
>> replacement for TypeSmith -- I guess that is being ported or is
>> otherwise available (through some unix/x11 compatibility interface?)
>
> Thanks for the clarification. I never did use TypeSmith that much.
> However, I would like to see a real word processor for the Amiga.
> Ideally, it should load Final Writer files and itself be loadable into
> PageStream. We can hope.

On a fast enough Amiga, you can use Pagestream itself as a word
processor.

Personally, I prefer to use a plain text word processor (Transwrite),
and then when the words are right, import them into Pagestream if any
layout is needed. Otherwise, you start fiddling around with fonts when
you should be thinking what to say.

(For a magazine article, only ASCII text is needed as the magazine's
designer will do the layout.)

Regards
--
Don Cox
doncox@enterprise.net

Hello Don,

On 03/21/2007, you wrote:

--- snip ---
>>
>> Thanks for the clarification. I never did use TypeSmith that much.

>> However, I would like to see a real word processor for the Amiga.
>> Ideally, it should load Final Writer files and itself be loadable
>> into PageStream. We can hope.

> On a fast enough Amiga, you can use Pagestream itself as a word
> processor.

> Personally, I prefer to use a plain text word processor (Transwrite),
> and then when the words are right, import them into Pagestream if any
> layout is needed. Otherwise, you start fiddling around with fonts
> when you should be thinking what to say.

> (For a magazine article, only ASCII text is needed as the magazine's
> designer will do the layout.)

It is less a question of fonts in terms of a word processor than
fomatting of documents. I need that for articles and handouts that use
footnotes, references, appendices. etc. PageStream (PS) can indeed do
all that but it is cumbersome for long diverse documents. Text editors
don't do that type of formatting well. A text editor is very useful
for programming and creating Readme files which I do for CD's I
distribute to students.

I like PS for short handouts, especially with graphics. The drawing
tools in PS are very well done and easy to use. And they allow
placement and sizing in a very precise manner. I do use it for longer
handouts that have lots of graphics and like the master page capability
which is also well done and easy to use.

> Regards

Talk to you later.
--
Dr. Larry Keller
Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
lkeller@nacs.net

Dr. Larry Keller wrote:

> It is less a question of fonts in terms of a word processor than
> fomatting of documents. I need that for articles and handouts that use
> footnotes, references, appendices. etc. PageStream (PS) can indeed do
> all that but it is cumbersome for long diverse documents.

LaTeX is very, very good for that kind of work. Used it myself for years
when I had such needs, and nothing really beats LaTeX.

Then my needs changed, and LaTeX was not suited for these need tasks,
and then I started using PGS.

Hello Uffe,

On 03/21/2007, you wrote:

> Dr. Larry Keller wrote:

>> It is less a question of fonts in terms of a word processor than
>> fomatting of documents. I need that for articles and handouts that
>> use footnotes, references, appendices. etc. PageStream (PS) can
>> indeed do all that but it is cumbersome for long diverse documents.

> LaTeX is very, very good for that kind of work. Used it myself for
> years when I had such needs, and nothing really beats LaTeX.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will take a look at it.

> Then my needs changed, and LaTeX was not suited for these need tasks,

> and then I started using PGS.
>
Talk to you later.
--
Dr. Larry Keller
Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
lkeller@nacs.net

Hello Uffe

On 21/03/07, Uffe Holst wrote:
>
> Dr. Larry Keller wrote:
>
>> It is less a question of fonts in terms of a word processor than
>> fomatting of documents. I need that for articles and handouts that
>> use footnotes, references, appendices. etc. PageStream (PS) can
>> indeed do all that but it is cumbersome for long diverse documents.
>
> LaTeX is very, very good for that kind of work. Used it myself for
> years when I had such needs, and nothing really beats LaTeX.
>
> Then my needs changed, and LaTeX was not suited for these need tasks,
> and then I started using PGS.
>
The problem with TeX is that everything comes out looking the same.

Regards
--
Don Cox
doncox@enterprise.net

Maybe this post will actually get through...

Hi,

FontForge is a nice font editor, especially for TrueType. However,
TypeSmith is still the only program out there that I know of that
loads/saves in CompuGraphic and the old PageStream font formats.

I'm glad to here it is coming. I've thought about porting it in the
past, but I have to make money...

Deron

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> Hi fellow Amiga users!
>
>http://amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?
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>
> Typesmith was great, but the pretender is coming.
>
> Kind regards
> --
> Lázi
> lazi@...