Noob looking for a word processor
 

Hi got the 770 as a present ... really nice device

anyway...

Is there a word processor easily installable out there for the 770
something like EPOC's wordprocessor for psion5

I've had a scout around the maemo site but couldnt see what I was after
and I a bit new to Linux way of things so err be gentle ;-)

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

Im new to the 770 too and i haven't found any. You could maybe use the google office if opera lets you. But that would always require you to have an wireless internet connection.

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

I dont like the idea of remote apps personally but rather have it on my 770 or pc

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

search abiword in this forum; try version 2.2.7

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

well isn't abiword still unstable.

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

I looked at the 2 seach finds and there from over a year ago and as shortkid1101 says they are far from stable.
Also I'm not that ninja with linux so I doubt I'd get that far.
Its a shame that nokia couldnt do a port of the epoc/symbian apps that shipped with the psion5 10 years ago - they were awesome
they would look good on the 770 or n800 too...
Obviously going to have to get deeper into linux and maemo etc
I aint that savy with all this and pointers in the right direction like would be appriciated

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

i take it that scribus or pagestream are outof the question then...

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

Do you really want to do high-profile DTP on a handheld? Wouldn't a port of LyX be more convenient for the hardware format?

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

I just like being able to throw boxes around the page - I use PagePlus on my PC for most thing rather then a wordprocessor unless it something realy simple then I just us wordpad.
I no nothing much of lyX but a quick look at the website make it seam quite interesting tho. thanks for the suggestion.
I personally cant port anything at the moment - did some very simple scripting and programing very many years ago...

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

It wasn't a request for you to port it, and it won't be a trivial task anyway. But since we already have TeX for Maemo, maybe LyX isn't that far-fetched anymore.

As to (simple) DTP, a vector-based drawing package might fulfill most of your needs.

Not that we have any of those either...

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

I know it wasnt a request but a good suggestion.

It just seams abit mean for me to sit back waiting for someone else ;-)

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

AbiWord 2.4.6 on the 770 works well. Word import doesn't work, but everything else does, I'm told. I will be working on a new Maemo release of AbiWord soon.

(and yes, it's unstable on the N800 because it's built for the 770, and the two are not entirely compatible. Once I have a separate build for each, things will be just peachy-keen)

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

wow thats good news about 770 version

sorry I tried searching for other thread entries for abiword using the search function at the itT home page and found two very old links only - now I see there are more threads actuall in the apps part of the forum

keep up the good works ;-)

Re: Noob looking for a word processor
 

* Web address: http://www.abisource.com/downloads/apt/
* Distribution: mistral
* Components: user

In case you need it :)