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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Re: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Post by trelane »

Alifatisk wrote: post #295
codetrotter wrote: post #80

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Install LibreOffice. If you were using WordPad before, LibreOffice will be a fine replacement for your purposes. https://www.libreoffice.org/

How does it compare to openoffice? Better alternative?

Both Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice are descendents of the original OpenOffice (what you're probably thinking about.)

LibreOffice is under very active development and can be downloaded from https://www.libreoffice.org/

Apache OpenOffice is effectively abandonware at this point, see https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Product_Release It's mostly been maintenance releases since 2013.

If you want LibreOffice with support (or just want to support development), you probably want Collabora.

Re: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Post by sixothree »

hulitu wrote: post #261
zamadatix wrote: post #65

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I know you're being sarcastic but it also introduced the virtual desktop switcher, (full) DX12, made significant improvements to the console, added real ARM support for the desktop OS, replaced IE, implemented proper DPI support (all the way to per-monitor true fractional), added openssh, actual HDR support, and many more things that can be surprisingly hard to go without if you revert to a previous release. There is…

> I know you're being sarcastic but it also introduced the virtual desktop switcher Which is a PITA to use, so useless. > , (full) DX12, made significant improvements to the console Cmd.exe is still the same > , added real ARM support for the desktop OS, Not relevant > replaced IE, Not fully. They still have it as a menu item in Edge > implemented proper DPI support (all the way to per-monitor true fractional), YMMV.…

cmd is pretty much deprecated in favor of powershell. And both have the best terminal application available on any OS.

Re: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Post by prmoustache »

no_wizard wrote: post #147
yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #50

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On the contrary, the difference is precisely that an abandoned FOSS program can be picked up by someone else; that this ability is not always used is beside the point.

Not always is a misnomer. It rarely if ever is. Anyone remember PhantomJS? It took years before a replacement emerged and nobody was willing to take in the project, and this was a critical piece of tech at the time

AnythingJS is not a good example. There are as many JS frameworks as there are js developers.

Re: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Post by prmoustache »

Dalewyn wrote: post #129
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #64

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It happens, but there's a way out: forking. With proprietary software, the option of forking does not exist.

ffmpeg had a schism just over a decade ago and the splinter group forked off into libav. One of the splinter group members happened to be the now-former ffmpeg maintainer in the Debian and Ubuntu repositories and switched them from ffmpeg to libav. Yes, this was done purely for ideological reasons.[1] So this bullshit happens in the open source world just like in the closed source world. In a way, I would argue it's…

ffmpeg kept being available and developed. It is a good example that shows that whatever reasons are behind, it is never worse in the open source world.

Re: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Post by jiofj »

throwaway2990 wrote: post #282
hulitu wrote: post #243

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I noticed that it needs more than 3 seconds to start on my work laptop. Truly an improvement. /s

On none of my laptops running latest windows does it take 3s… it’s instant…

You probably don't have a slow hard disk

Re: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Post by asddubs »

physicles wrote: post #221
whobre wrote: post #108

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It’s used a lot in the localization industry.

I’m curious, why is that? When you’re dealing with semi-structured data like localization files, adding formatting seems counter-productive.

how so? if a word is bold in a sentence, you want it to be bold in the translation without having to split the sentence up (which will fail as soon as there is more than one formatted word)

Re: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Post by Dalewyn »

troupo wrote: post #286
mrob wrote: post #277

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If ordinary users don't want to learn they have the option of paying somebody to do it for them.

That's why ordinary users they pay for Windows. And iPhones. They couldn't be bothered with "you should learn to compile arbitrary programs from source for the particular version of a particulr linux distirbution with particular library versions and available software". In all fairness I, as a programmer, couldn't be bothered to do that either.

The fact this comment is getting downvoted speaks volumes to the degree of detachment a lot of the people here have from reality.

Re: Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

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Post by physicles »

asddubs wrote: post #306
physicles wrote: post #221

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I’m curious, why is that? When you’re dealing with semi-structured data like localization files, adding formatting seems counter-productive.

how so? if a word is bold in a sentence, you want it to be bold in the translation without having to split the sentence up (which will fail as soon as there is more than one formatted word)

I see. I’ve seen embedded styling/html in localized text, but doing that with rtf also makes sense.
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