From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs as a word processor (ways to convert Word/RTF proprietary files) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:43:48 +0000 Message-ID: References: <0E591E8B-FD55-4829-8421-6F2C02AFD20C@mit.edu> <83eejenvy2.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35279"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Arthur Miller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 27 10:45:42 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ktScQ-00094t-8Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:45:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53802 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktScP-00086B-9C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:45:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51048) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktSbU-0007gB-To for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:44:44 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:41293) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktSbP-0007Z9-Rl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:44:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [154.225.255.210] ([::ffff:154.225.255.210]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000002ACB16.000000005FE85764.00003657; Sun, 27 Dec 2020 02:44:03 -0700 In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:261899 Archived-At: Definitely is possible for every person to fully switch to free software as= that is what is GNU about=2E Not relevant to bread=2E Am December 25, 2020 1:23:50 PM UTC schrieb Arthur Miller : >Jean Louis writes: > >> * Eli Zaretskii [2020-12-25 11:15]: >>> > Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 10:14:40 +0300 >>> > From: Jean Louis >>> >=20 >>> > - there are Word importing capabilities by using other available >free >>> > software=2E Emacs could advise users to install some external >software >>> > to convert from Word=2E >> >>> I think you underestimate the amount of pressure applied on any >>> J=2ER=2E Hacker having a daytime job to use MS Office=2E You cannot b= e 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=2E And there's no real Free Software >>> alternative, certainly not based on Emacs=2E >> >> Since 21 years I use free software=2E Before that I used proprietary >> Windows and various programs=2E Already back then I have found all the >> free software to replace anything that I otherwise used on Windows=2E I >> remember using LyX and writing books and HTML pages with it=2E That is >> why I cannot share that opinion=2E I did find what I needed many years >> ago, individually, so other users can also find it=2E >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=2E > >Because all other human beings have same needs as you? :-)