Re: My impression of .8

["Jeffrey W. Baker" <jwb cp net>]

Federico David Sacerdoti wrote:
 
> -What is the official GNOME word processor? I have just started coding a
> web site with gEdit, and that program kicks ass for what it was intended
> for: an extensible, easy to use, low frustration text editor. But its not
> quite the "write my resume" program for GNOME. Ive tried Corel's
> WordPerfect for Linux, and I hate it. Theres no doubt in my mind that I
> will ever want to use that thing.
> 
> Is there a WP project in the works, one with the quality and dedication of
> Gnumetric? Id give my little finger to have a word killer in front of me
> right now.
> 
> Its really something to think about after a good stable release of GNOME.
> There are more basic issues pertaining to the desktop being worked out
> right now, and I know that they are the most important tasks at hand. But
> an accepted GNOME/GTK word processor will have to be created; there is
> almost no arguing this.

Tried LyX?  It isn't GNOME, but perhaps the core editor widget and TeX
generation logic can be ripped out and wrapped in a GTK+ app.

Jeffrey