In message <200005110159.SAA02578@grosse.manhattan.fugue.com>, Ted Lemon writes
:
>I don't think AbiWord groks change bars yet, so it's probably a moot
>point for you.   AbiWord uses libwv to interpret Word documents.   I
>don't know if libwv groks change bars, but it might.   AbiWord doesn't
>yet do them native, AFAIK.

Well, Applix is a pain to install, but I got it.

1.  I had to install several RPM's in /, then move the libraries elsewhere,
because they were tagged as non-relocatable.
2.  Several packages had install scripts which assumed that /bin/sh was
bash, but they weren't running in emulation, so they didn't get
/emul/linux/bin/sh.  If you don't run these scripts, the programs are
unusable.
3.  I still get:
/usr/pkg/applix/axdata/fontmetrics/gallium/fs/axfontfs: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/pkg/applix/axdata/fontmetrics/gallium/fs/axfontfs: undefined symbol: gfs_main

But... IT WORKS!  It even *SHOWS REVISIONS IN DOC FILES THE WAY IT IS PROBABLY
SUPPOSED TO*.

I am in awe.  I'm a little worried about the export "as RTF", but...

Overall, about as easy to install as WP8, and looks to be a little better
integrated.  Not as cool-looking as StarOffice, but more powerful...

-s