Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software Date: 29 Dec 2024 06:58:37 GMT Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <9OCcnRW7grqkbPT6nZ2dnZfqnPUAAAAA@earthlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net uUnXL58FxTqzU0khxayrnQrPJAC1Ui8kapDL2qdHKgWguNuKwU Cancel-Lock: sha1:73u1QJI3hSg4V9q3mYJB5P40yis= sha256:ZKi6ATww43DzFZA9ghcedC1lOWfAZtAmhLwn9L8O/yk= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:15711 comp.os.linux.advocacy:681565 On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 01:43:11 +0000, Ant wrote: > What do you use to edit/create documents and spreadsheets with others? I don't. Anything I create is done with Vim. For external use we have tech writers that make it pretty. My attempts to edit RFPs with LibreOffice don't work well, so I either use Vim and reference the sections or print relevant pages and use a pen. As far as program descriptions, expected behavior, parameters, and so forth, it's all entered into Jira directly. The tech writer extracts it to create a FSD (functional specification document) for the clients. I have never created a spreadsheet or had a reason to. Most of the spreadsheets I receive for RFPs don't make use of a spreadsheet's capabilities as I understand them. They're a convenient row and column form to enter freeform data. > I'm surprised you don't do any documents. I have been using word > processors since I was in elementary with Apple 2's AppleWorks. When I was in elementary school the Apple II was close to 20 years in the future. As a programmer you tend to read documents and produce software. Before I gradually moved to software with the advent of microprocessors I would read documents and produce schematics or sometimes logic flowcharts if necessary. Those were done on a drawing board with a 2H pencil and a handful of plastic templates.