Comments on: Two console word processors http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/two-console-word-processors/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:10:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/two-console-word-processors/#comment-36772 K.Mandla Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:44:59 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=890#comment-36772 Interesting! I thought it was broken at the code level. Can you explain how you installed it? Interesting! I thought it was broken at the code level. Can you explain how you installed it?

]]> By: mads http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/two-console-word-processors/#comment-36766 mads Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:27:38 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=890#comment-36766 Have been playing with (well, actually working in) WordGrinder since I built/installed it yesterday and I'm very pleased with it. The Functionality is pretty much limited to displaying menus and using customized shortcuts and formatting options corresponds to basic html but the ncurses interface is very intuitive and wonderfully unobtrusive (basically it's your text and a status bar; the menus appear when pressing ESC). A neat little feature is that each wordgrinder file can contain multiple documents - great for keeping an in-file-clipboard alongside your regular document. Needless to say, as of now, you'll need to export to html or plain text and do more intensive formatting in OOo Writer or the like but just for typing, navigation and basic formattting. Screen shots (it's running in my on-desktop-terminal in gnu screen): http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs329&d=08314&f=2008-07-31-171559_1280x800_scrot209.png Have been playing with (well, actually working in) WordGrinder since I built/installed it yesterday and I’m very pleased with it. The Functionality is pretty much limited to displaying menus and using customized shortcuts and formatting options corresponds to basic html but the ncurses interface is very intuitive and wonderfully unobtrusive (basically it’s your text and a status bar; the menus appear when pressing ESC). A neat little feature is that each wordgrinder file can contain multiple documents - great for keeping an in-file-clipboard alongside your regular document. Needless to say, as of now, you’ll need to export to html or plain text and do more intensive formatting in OOo Writer or the like but just for typing, navigation and basic formattting.

Screen shots (it’s running in my on-desktop-terminal in gnu screen):
http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs329&d=08314&f=2008-07-31-171559_1280×800_scrot209.png

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/two-console-word-processors/#comment-35754 K.Mandla Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:54:31 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=890#comment-35754 Thanks everybody. I hadn't seen that thread with the PKGBUILD in it, I'm going to try that right now. Thanks everybody. I hadn’t seen that thread with the PKGBUILD in it, I’m going to try that right now.

]]> By: Karthik http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/two-console-word-processors/#comment-35750 Karthik Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:05:12 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=890#comment-35750 Oops- the thumbnails didn't show up. Everyone _does_ love screenshots, here they are: http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs225&d=08120&f=enpi1638.png http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs125&d=08120&f=enpi2374.png Oops- the thumbnails didn’t show up. Everyone _does_ love screenshots, here they are:

http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs225&d=08120&f=enpi1638.png

http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs125&d=08120&f=enpi2374.png

]]> By: Karthik http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/two-console-word-processors/#comment-35749 Karthik Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:17:55 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=890#comment-35749 I haven't tried Wordgrinder yet; the website mentions that it's not stable and having to remove packages I've compiled is a real pain! I did have a go at Enpi: <a href="http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs225&d=08120&f=enpi1638.png" rel="nofollow"></a> <a href="http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs125&d=08120&f=enpi2374.png" rel="nofollow"></a> (Enpi is just a wrapper script for TeX. The preview of the dvi it generated is GhostView, the images have me editing the file with vi, and running Enpi, respectively.) I haven’t tried Wordgrinder yet; the website mentions that it’s not stable and having to remove packages I’ve compiled is a real pain!

I did have a go at Enpi:

(Enpi is just a wrapper script for TeX. The preview of the dvi it generated is GhostView, the images have me editing the file with vi, and running Enpi, respectively.)

]]> By: tamihania http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/two-console-word-processors/#comment-35748 tamihania Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:49:11 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=890#comment-35748 Hi - and thank you for reminder about the programs. FYI - there in a PKGBUILD of WordGrinder on Arch forum - here's the link: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44386 I did not try it yet - but I plan to do it ASAP. Have a nice and sunny day, tami :) Hi - and thank you for reminder about the programs. FYI - there in a PKGBUILD of WordGrinder on Arch forum - here’s the link:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44386
I did not try it yet - but I plan to do it ASAP.

Have a nice and sunny day,

tami :)

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