License for OpenWrite or Alternatives?

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Title: License for OpenWrite or Alternatives?
Post by: tygre on June 02, 2025, 02:42:25 PM
Hi all!

I'm trying to use my NeXTcube and its printer to print "modern" documents.

I tried converting docs into HTML and printing them from OmniWeb: it works, but formatting and scaling are difficult to get right. (Right now, the printed text is very smal,l and I cannot find options to increase the "printed" font size.)

I tried converting docs into RTF, but most tools (TextEdit, WordPerfect...) report errors when stop doing anything, without more info. The only program that seems to handle "modern" RTF is OpenWrite, but I only have the unlicensed version.

Could anyone help me with OpenWrite or suggest alternatives? :)

Cheers!
Tygre
Title: Re: License for OpenWrite or Alternatives?
Post by: user217 on June 02, 2025, 03:29:47 PM
An OpenWrite license key was released when Lighthouse went out of business, along with the rest of their major applications. See here (https://fsck.technology/software/NeXT/next.68k.org%20Archive/next-ftp.peak.org/next/apps/LighthouseDesign/) for a list of keys.

It's an updated version of the Lighthouse Design Suite disc (https://fsck.technology/software/NeXT/NeXTSTEP%20Applications/Lighthouse%20Design%20Suite%20NeXTSTEP%20%28MDF%29/) that contains the last-released versions of each item as listed on PEAK.

...although admittedly my version doesn't contain the creepy baby folder Easter Egg.
Title: Re: License for OpenWrite or Alternatives?
Post by: tygre on June 02, 2025, 07:06:50 PM
Wow, awesome, thank you, Rhetorica! 8)

Cheers!
Tygre

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