favorite rich text editor?

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that Jarte is a very good word processor, but I just can't understand
why the irrational interface?

there is so much wasted space there. I bet if the author would make it
into a conventional UI, with a XP/MS Office theme, it would take off
like mad because it is a really good app.
 
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that Jarte is a very good word processor, but I just can't understand
why the irrational interface?

there is so much wasted space there. I bet if the author would make it
into a conventional UI, with a XP/MS Office theme, it would take off
like mad because it is a really good app.
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I agree. The screenshot was enough to keep me away from it. It's
hedious. It reminds me of a 1998 free internet CD that installed a
program that took over half the screen and rolled ads. I would not have
kept it even if they'd paid me.
 
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casioculture said:
What's your favorite RTF editor?
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OK I dont understand Rich text. I have Docs, txts. etc documents on my
puter. So what is it? And why would you use it? Is it transferable by email
? Can the recipient read it if he has MS Word?
 
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OK I dont understand Rich text. I have Docs, txts. etc documents on my
puter. So what is it? And why would you use it? Is it transferable by
email ? Can the recipient read it if he has MS Word?
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A standard formalized by Microsoft Corporation for specifying formatting
of documents. RTF files are actually ASCII files with special commands to
indicate formatting information, such as fonts and margins

For further info see http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm
 
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OK I dont understand Rich text. I have Docs, txts. etc documents on my
puter. So what is it? And why would you use it? Is it transferable by
email ? Can the recipient read it if he has MS Word?
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The Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification is a method of encoding
formatted text and graphics for easy transfer between applications.
Currently, users depend on special translation software to move word-
processing documents between different MS-DOS®, Windows, OS/2, Macintosh,
and Power Macintosh applications.

The RTF Specification provides a format for text and graphics interchange
that can be used with different output devices, operating environments,
and operating systems. RTF uses the ANSI, PC-8, Macintosh, or IBM PC
character set to control the representation and formatting of a document,
both on the screen and in print. With the RTF Specification, documents
created under different operating systems and with different software
applications can be transferred between those operating systems and
applications. RTF files created in Word 6.0 (and later) for the Macintosh
and Power Macintosh have a file type of "RTF."
 
casioculture said:
I agree. The screenshot was enough to keep me away from it. It's
hedious.
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No argument about the interface.

In the view menu you can unselect everything to obtain a conventional
interface without the panels at the top and side. The problem is when
you use the spell checker, the panel at the left reappears and has to be
manually canceled.

The main advantage for me is that it has spelling dictionaries for
multiple languages and is easy to change from one language to another.
It also has a character map so special characters can be obtained
without having to change keyboards.
 
Lew/+Silat said:
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OK I dont understand Rich text. I have Docs, txts. etc documents on my
puter. So what is it? And why would you use it? Is it transferable by
email ? Can the recipient read it if he has MS Word?
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I use it for those text documents that benefit from some formatting, but
for which an OpenOffice Text (or MS Word) document is simply overkill.
Opens quickly, edits quickly, small file size, portable to any system one
might encounter.

Regards,
Wald
 
Sweet said:
Mine is Atlantis too, but I rarely use it. Might try those others
mentioned, tho.
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I use metapad instead of notepad, because I can use nicer fonts,
colors, links are clickable, and other features. But I would like to
use a more advanced word processor.

Most of the time I have to use the editor built into my newsreader, my
mail program, and other editors which I have not chosen by myself.

A long time ago there were news/mail-readers where we could use an
external editor, so we could use our own favorite editor. I miss that
feature.

With some copy and paste operations one could use ones own editor
everywhere, but who bothers with that?

Let's look at an overview of the problem. We need to store, read and
edit documents in the file formats txt, rtf, html, xml..?

Other formats we may not be able to avoid, doc and pdf.

It takes some planning to be able to use the favorite editor for mail
and usenet, but it is possible.

Is there one single editor which fills all requirements, good for fast
notes, slightly formatted rtf documents, html pages, desk top
publishing? And can be used in newsreader, mailreader, etc..?

Or, what combination of editors can be used to solve all these tasks?
 
I've tried Abiword, Jarte, Textshield, Crypt Edit and Atlantis Nova. I
think Atlantis is the most straight forward, fast, predictable and reliable.
There is always Open Office for MS Word documents and if one needs to do
some more formal work with columns etc. Interesting debate, I think I'll
revisit Jarte.....Thanks..John
 
John said:
I've tried Abiword, Jarte, Textshield, Crypt Edit and Atlantis Nova. I
think Atlantis is the most straight forward, fast, predictable and reliable.
There is always Open Office for MS Word documents and if one needs to do
some more formal work with columns etc. Interesting debate, I think I'll
revisit Jarte.....Thanks..John
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Agree re - Atlantis Nova. I've been using it since it came out. Great program!
Fast, rtf, photos, etc., and yes, tWord, MS, can read it. It looks similiar to Word,
but is without the superflous baggage...

Helen
 
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