From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
Subject: Re: Emacs as a word processor (ways to convert Word/RTF proprietary files)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:43:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A0AAF82C-9A7A-433E-BD72-E8DDFF515A85@gnu.support> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM0PR06MB6577269B5DF77C6DB39B569596DC0@AM0PR06MB6577.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com>
Definitely is possible for every person to fully switch to free software as that is what is GNU about. Not relevant to bread.
Am December 25, 2020 1:23:50 PM UTC schrieb Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>:
>Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
>
>> * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2020-12-25 11:15]:
>>> > Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 10:14:40 +0300
>>> > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
>>> >
>>> > - there are Word importing capabilities by using other available
>free
>>> > software. Emacs could advise users to install some external
>software
>>> > to convert from Word.
>>
>>> I think you underestimate the amount of pressure applied on any
>>> J.R. Hacker having a daytime job to use MS Office. You cannot be a
>>> useful and appreciated part of an organization without having to use
>>> those tools, because all the correspondence and all the
>>> documentation is based on that. And there's no real Free Software
>>> alternative, certainly not based on Emacs.
>>
>> Since 21 years I use free software. Before that I used proprietary
>> Windows and various programs. Already back then I have found all the
>> free software to replace anything that I otherwise used on Windows. I
>> remember using LyX and writing books and HTML pages with it. That is
>> why I cannot share that opinion. I did find what I needed many years
>> ago, individually, so other users can also find it.
>You know what every person need in every business, and how they use
>their computer, and all use cases, businesses etc?
>
>Since you enjoy eating bread and water every day, so should every other
>person be happy by living just on bread and water?
>
>> I did find what I needed many years
>> ago, individually, so other users can also find it.
>
>Because all other human beings have same needs as you? :-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-27 9:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 93+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-22 18:22 Emacs as a word processor Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-12-22 18:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-22 19:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-22 19:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-22 19:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-22 20:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-22 19:32 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-22 19:41 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-22 19:51 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-22 19:57 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-22 20:07 ` Qiantan Hong
2020-12-22 20:43 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-22 20:56 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-12-24 5:49 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-24 20:57 ` chad
2020-12-25 4:37 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-25 7:14 ` Emacs as a word processor (ways to convert Word/RTF proprietary files) Jean Louis
2020-12-25 8:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-25 9:58 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-25 12:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-25 13:11 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-25 13:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-27 21:28 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-28 7:26 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-28 17:11 ` Drew Adams
2020-12-28 22:19 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-29 8:31 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-29 13:27 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-28 13:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-28 19:12 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-25 13:23 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-27 9:43 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2020-12-25 10:30 ` Yuri Khan
2020-12-26 10:23 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-26 10:32 ` Sv: " arthur miller
2020-12-26 11:03 ` Yuri Khan
2020-12-26 11:53 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-26 12:19 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-27 5:38 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-25 10:59 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-25 13:19 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-25 14:44 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-25 19:41 ` Sv: " arthur miller
2020-12-25 21:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-26 10:13 ` Sv: " arthur miller
2020-12-27 21:08 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-25 13:49 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-25 15:02 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-26 6:34 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-28 11:44 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-12-28 12:22 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-28 12:37 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-12-28 16:25 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-29 10:10 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-12-28 13:37 ` [pandoc] (was: Emacs as a word processor (ways to convert Word/RTF proprietary files)) Uwe Brauer
2020-12-28 14:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-12-28 15:02 ` [pandoc] Uwe Brauer
2020-12-28 16:33 ` [pandoc] (was: Emacs as a word processor (ways to convert Word/RTF proprietary files)) Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-28 17:07 ` [pandoc] Uwe Brauer
2020-12-28 18:11 ` [pandoc] Tomas Hlavaty
[not found] ` <X+Xv2f/sQzaWg/B0@protected.rcdrun.com>
2020-12-25 15:07 ` Emacs as a word processor (ways to convert Word/RTF proprietary files) Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-26 6:35 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-27 21:14 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-28 1:39 ` Amin Bandali
2020-12-28 16:38 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-26 10:23 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-26 10:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-27 5:38 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-26 16:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-27 5:40 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-28 13:41 ` Uwe Brauer
2020-12-23 4:53 ` Emacs as a word processor David Masterson
2020-12-23 5:26 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-23 7:52 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-23 8:02 ` Jean Louis
2020-12-23 9:53 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-23 1:48 ` yarnton--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-12-23 2:29 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-23 2:53 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-12-23 7:25 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-23 17:58 ` yarnton--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-12-23 18:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-24 3:09 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-25 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-25 5:17 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-25 5:18 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-26 10:28 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-26 11:30 ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-12-23 17:09 ` Kévin Le Gouguec
2020-12-24 5:47 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-23 10:18 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-23 4:21 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-23 4:38 ` Christopher Dimech
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