Hello people,
When it comes to picking an app, cross-platform is very important for me,
since I use Linux on my personal computer and Windows at work; so I could
not evaluate Write! although it seemed pretty good.
Apart from googledocs, a trick I use whenever I am forced to provide word
documents is writing it using markdown then converting the result to word /
pdf - the conversion is not perfect and sometimes needs a little retouching
but it is distraction free, fast and I get to keep my documents in markdown
(which is highly re-usable specially with scripts)
http://pandoc.org/
Regards,
fluxy
On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Appadoo Dave <azezezaaa_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello people
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Azmad Shah Arshad Pooloo <
> speedhunter02_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> - "website does not ask you for money to download it. However, I could
>> neither find a software license for the same. I am thus left in ambiguity
>> on its terms of use. Can I redistribute this app freely? Can I sell it? I
>> can't say. "
>>
>> Ish you are right. I have been using it for quite some while. The
>> interface ia really excellent especially for creative writing. It removes
>> all tye cluter by providing moat functionalities. The software from what I
>> have understood is still beta version. The developpera has assured that
>> whatever is free and availble in the beta versions will remain free. Then
>> using this logic I have concluded that more functionalities(optional) will
>> be added and a fee will be charged using that version. So it is safe to say
>> you can continie using and distribute these versions freely.
>>
>> -' in terms of openness. I cannot ask a developer to look at the code and
>> audit the same. Neither I can compile the application for another platform;
>> such as Ubuntu or openSUSE.'
>>
>> Yes unfortunately that part I believe you are right. Though I am keeping
>> hope that sich is the case only because it is beta right now and eventually
>> those would be sorted out.
>> On 26 Apr 2015 16:28, "Ish Sookun" <ish_at_hacklog.in> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Shelly,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Shelly Hermia Bhujun <
>>> shelly_hermia_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I learnt about this alternative word processor which has a very simple
>>>> and elegant interface from Arshaad during the career fair at UoM.
>>>>
>>>> Just sharing it:
>>>> http://wri.tt/
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I checked it and the download page offers a file named
>>> Write!-v1.0b8.4.exe
>>> .
>>> I could not find if the source code of the application is published.
>>> Therefore, I don't find this application different from Microsoft Word in
>>> terms of openness. I cannot ask a developer to look at the code and audit
>>> the same. Neither I can compile the application for another platform; such
>>> as Ubuntu or openSUSE.
>>>
>>> The only advantage of the application is that the website does not ask
>>> you for money to download it. However, I could neither find a software
>>> license for the same. I am thus left in ambiguity on its terms of use. Can
>>> I redistribute this app freely? Can I sell it? I can't say. It is important
>>> to have a look at license terms of applications especially if you will use
>>> the same to produce "professional work". By that I mean if you will produce
>>> work for clients.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ish Sookun
>>>
>>> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
>>> - I blog at HACKLOG.in.
>>>
>>> https://twitter.com/IshSookun ^^ Do you tweet?
>>>
>>
> Some other word processors I've used previously are:
> LibreOfficeWriter <https://www.libreoffice.org/>
> Poe <http://roryok.com/poe/index.html>
> CeltX <https://www.celtx.com/index.html>
> WriteMonkey <http://writemonkey.com/>
>
> Poe and writemonkey are clutter-free word processors. I've used both of
> these in the past for creative writing.
> CeltX is more of a pay2use subscription word processor, it does have a
> free package, but after you use the free trial for ~1 week, the free
> subscription appears to be less powerful.
> Currently, I use googledocs and MSWord just because of google Drive and
> OneDrive respectively. Personally I prefer the googledocs since I can
> access all the documents on any devices with internet access.
> Cheers,
> EVad
>
Received on Mon Apr 27 2015 - 16:15:04 PST