[ILUG] word processors

[Mark Finlay]

> I agree wholeheartedly. I think the standardisation should be
> around .sxw, which is half the size of a .doc for the equivalent
> document, and a third the size of the old .sdw. I think at least
> that kword and abiword should support that format, and eventually
> use it as their default. I think it'll be great when we get some
> kind of consolidation in the unix/linux world. And on document
> formats is a good place to start.

the various project's are trying their best - and it was hoped that the
staroffice format could be made a standard - but because of various
problems caused by sun the abiword team and others weren't able to use
the format.

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Mark Finlay
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