Word Processor for Haiku?

Forum thread started by twk amz on Sat, 2015-07-04 14:56

Hi, I was reading Haiku's FAQ and noticed there aren't any office suites for haiku. So I was wondering if there was a port of libreoffice(not likely) or some kind of word processor for haiku, preferably it should support MS's .doc format. Or, at least, if there's any plans to write(or port) one.

Help appreciated!

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Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by vidrep - 2015-07-04 19:21

There was a commercial office package by Beatware called BeBasics, which consisted of a spreadsheet app (Sum It) and a word processor (Writer). The Sum-It was open sourced and is available on Haiku Depot. The word processor was not open sourced,and doesn't work on Haiku anyway. I have a copy, but I am not certain as to its legal status for distribution. Would anybody like to comment?
The other alternative is GoBe Productive, which is still available for download,and apparently does work in Haiku.

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by un_spacyar - 2015-07-04 19:57

There are another app: LittleWriter. It generates html files, and can export as PDF also.
You can get it from here:
http://clasquin-johnson.co.za/michel/haiku/qt4-apps/qt4-productivity-app...

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by twk amz - 2015-07-05 01:43

Sorry, I didn't notice that style edit could handle rtf files. With rtf I can edit text in haiku and still be able to send it to someone using MS Word, great stuff...

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by kim1963 - 2015-07-05 03:54

http://clasquin-johnson.co.za/michel/haiku/java-apps/java-office-suites/...

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by humdinger - 2015-07-05 16:15
twk amz wrote:

Sorry, I didn't notice that style edit could handle rtf files. With rtf I can edit text in haiku and still be able to send it to someone using MS Word, great stuff...

Be aware that StyledEdit is using the RTF-Translator to open rtf files. It only saves in styled text, i.e. plain text to other applications. You can use the command-line command "translate file.txt file.rtf 'RTF '", but that doesn't seem to convert the formatting (which defies the purpose really... :)).

Regards,
Humdinger

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by PulkoMandy - 2015-07-06 06:36

The RTF translator has some support for exporting styled text now (one of the tasks acomplished during Google Code-In), but apparently we lack any tool which could make use of the feature. StyledEdit probably needs an "export" menu.

That being said, ThinkFree Office is probably the best choice currently for a rather complete office suite.

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by clasqm - 2015-07-06 11:13

TFO is a Java app. All my Java apps have stopped working recently after some changes to OpenJDK. Yes, it is something that will no doubt be resolved. But right now it shows that we still need a native solution.

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by spinach - 2015-07-06 17:06
in a different, related thread, i wrote:

has anyone here tried installing anything from kde5 now that qt5 is ported?

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by AndrewZ - 2015-07-06 20:20

can you explain??

Re: Word Processor for Haiku?

by spinach - 2015-07-07 06:15

qt5.5 has been released for haiku, kde frameworks 5 is a set of qt libraries with minimal dependencies outside of qt, the calligra office suite is office software by kde running on its libraries, so it should work. maybe. idk.