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AbiWord 1.0.1 Released
plam writes "After 3 years of hacking, the AbiWord team has unleashed AbiWord 1.0.1 upon the world. AbiWord is a Free cross-platform word processor which runs on Linux and Windows, MacOS X, QNX, FreeBSD, Solaris and others. AbiWord is small and compact (20 times smaller than OpenOffice!), yet contains most of the features found in larger word processors, including Word and WordPerfect import/export."
yet it's the same story as Emacs. Thanks anyway, boys, a line editor works fine for me.
Jouster
this will sound elitist but I really don't care about grammar check. I hate grammar check. I know how to write. I learned English a long time ago. If you're a non-English speaker then trust me just write what you're going to write. If the grammar is funny I'm not going to bitch about it. I'm impressed you know English at all as I only know the one language. Grammar checkers are similar to "um", a crutch for the conversational cripple. If you feel that your writing isn't having the impact you want it too then pick up a copy of Strunk and White. And if you're concerned about your childs ability to compete in the marketplace then maybe you should get rid of that grammar checker when they're doing their homework. Its ok for us to expect people to do calculus but we can't expec them to write in the language they were born with?
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