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Re:German City Set To Make Linux A Norm For Citizens by vanderZwan on Monday June 24, 2013 @06:17PM (#5936119)
"Abiword normally does not have built in facilities for mathematical formulas"

The Xerox Alto had this in 1982[1]. NINETEEN FREAKING EIGHTY TWO. How is it possible that any WYSIWYG word processor is allowed to ship without this?

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODZBL80JPqw

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Re:German City Set To Make Linux A Norm For Citizens by girvo on Monday June 24, 2013 @10:37PM (#5937184)
Because AbiWords codebase is so painful, adding it is more trouble than it's worth.

I tried to port it to elementary with a new UI. Dear god.

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