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Subject:RE: FrameMaker on Linux (rant) From:KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:24:23 -0500
Yeah, it's certainly a recommendation that "everything
is a frame" in Kword. But, still no cross-references?
Of any kind? Not even the standard ones for ToC, ToI and
ToT? That would be a showstopper.
Oh, hey... wanna bet they figure out how to do proper
footnotes before Adobe does? :-)
/kevin
(a mostly-satisfied Frame user, but always lookin'... lookin')
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Byfield [mailto:bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com]
[snip]
> > Now, who's tried out KWord (on Linux), and how's it
> > lookin' as a tech writer tool?
> It's still a little too much on the basic side for tech writing - no
> cross-references, for example. I've also heard some people complain
> about stability problems, although I haven't seen any (but, then
> again, I've never tried to use it for anything more than a dozen
> pages).
> The good news is that Frame users can feel comfortable very quickly
> with it.
> All in all, it's a program to watch - but not yet one to use for
> serious work. I'd give it another release or two before recommending
> it.
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