Ask HN: MacOS open source word processor-- what are you using in 2018?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18316736

by indigodaddy • 8 years ago

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guitarbill• 8 years ago

Honestly? LaTeX. Does that count? It does presentations, too.

Does it have to be open source? Because LibreOffice is a mess, especially on macOS. Apparently, something called NeoOffice is LibreOffice for macOS, and while sold commercially, is GPL.

towndrunk• 8 years ago

Why not Pages?

snazz• 8 years ago

It says “open source” in the title, but I’m not sure if the OP might make an exception for Pages since it comes with macOS and macOS itself isn’t free software.

LarryMade2• 8 years ago

LibreOffice

iDemonix• 8 years ago

MacDown

piocho• 8 years ago

It depends on what you want to achieve. Taking simple notes => MacDown, as iDemonix said.

Complex documents (long reports, mathematics notes, ...) => LaTeX. (TexMaker for example).

It is totally worth it to spend 1 or 2 days struggling with LaTeX.

Ask HN: MacOS open source word processor-- what are you using in 2018?

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