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decided to install AbiWord just to try it out (on Debian; it's basically Linux-only these days alas) and just look at this. this is pure and soulful. i'd so much rather use this than LibreOffice next time i gotta write a Serious Letter
There's some delightful details in this thing. For example, the “Tools” menu actually offers several options that just open an external website. One is called “Wiki Encyclopedia” and the status bar explains it “Opens the libre Wiki on-line encyclopedia” (en.wikipedia.org)
and while en.wikipedia.org is the ultimate place you end up after a redirect is followed, the URL it actually sends you to is something on www.wikipedia.com, a domain I have never ever seen used before. this is history right here
this is also the first application i have ever used to have a dedicated RDF markup and querying menu. i smell an academic has touched this. maybe it was someone's thesis
holy shit you can have the same document open in multiple windows at the same time… and they stay in sync!! this is useful because those windows can have different scroll positions or zoom levels!
@hikari i might need to give it a try just for this
heard about it because ToastyTech mentioned it on his ReactOS articles.