well, this was Entertaining.
For those who like to cling.
www.wpuniverse.com
Marvelous place and there are even ways to run wp 5.1 for dos, under windows
8 if you like it like that.
You know I use wp many many times a day, wp 6.0 for dos and 6.2...but
I honestly cannot remember the last time
On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 3:19 AM, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 20/12/14 10:21 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>
>> Not you Patrick, someone else.
>> I am sort of quoting
>> "I still do not know what you have against > suggesting> it is far superior to wordperfect.
>> Odd idea about a virtual machine too.
>> T
On 20/12/14 10:21 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Not you Patrick, someone else.
I am sort of quoting
"I still do not know what you have against suggesting> it is far superior to wordperfect.
Odd idea about a virtual machine too.
The is far superior is the sort of thing I mean. Especially when so
m
On 2014-12-21, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>> Why do we all have to like the same word processor?
>
> Indeed. And some of us actually like *document* processors (best example in
> Debian: lyx) for extremely consistent output (and IMHO, much higher
> productivity).
(I knew I was right to
On 12/20/2014 11:00 PM, Charles Kroeger wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:20:02 +0100
Gary Dale wrote:
Still don't know what you have against LibreOffice. It's almost
certainly superior to WP51 in every significant way.
WP5.1 users have to have 'reveal codes' or they can't use anything else.
D
On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:20:02 +0100
Gary Dale wrote:
> Still don't know what you have against LibreOffice. It's almost
> certainly superior to WP51 in every significant way.
WP5.1 users have to have 'reveal codes' or they can't use anything else.
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 05:28:00PM -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
> Just yesterday struggling with making a presentation with LO Impress.
> There are some 3 dozen toolbars of which I was looking for some.
> The online docs give one line of text for each -- no icon.
> https://help.libreoffice.org/Draw/Too
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Karen Lewellen
wrote:
> Not you Patrick, someone else.
> I am sort of quoting
> "I still do not know what you have against
> it is far superior to wordperfect.
> Odd idea about a virtual machine too.
> The is far superior is the sort of thing I mean. Especially
Not you Patrick, someone else.
I am sort of quoting
"I still do not know what you have against
it is far superior to wordperfect.
Odd idea about a virtual machine too.
The is far superior is the sort of thing I mean. Especially when so many
others have reasons to appreciate their own word p
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Karen Lewellen
wrote:
> I seem to recall making this point when i shared that while I respect the
> *personal* computing choices of others, I need not emulate them.
> In fact I never asked for word processing suggestions at all. Mine, works,
> for, me...and I th
On Sunday, December 21, 2014 4:40:04 AM UTC+5:30, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> "Just a matter of" doing that? How do I make "." the fill character
> for tabs? It's by no means self evident, because I just went through
> every menu looking for it. Came across Format, Paragraph, Tabs, Fill
> Character, c
I seem to recall making this point when i shared that while I respect the
*personal* computing choices of others, I need not emulate them.
In fact I never asked for word processing suggestions at all. Mine,
works, for, me...and I think the rich thing about computing is the
freedom to use wha
On Sat, 20 Dec 2014, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 20 December 2014 23:19:50 Gary Dale wrote:
> > On 20/12/14 06:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> > > On 20/12/14 06:05 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Why do we all have to like the same word processor?
Indeed. And some of us actually like *doc
Entertaining thread..cool. Long time since I read a WP, reveal codes,
styles dust up :-)
I still use WP8 in a NT4 vbox instance for a couple of tasks..I absolutely
will not give up, I too miss the dot leader feature for my table of
contents.
I miss this feature, and a few more. I use the table f
On Saturday 20 December 2014 23:19:50 Gary Dale wrote:
> On 20/12/14 06:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> > On 20/12/14 06:05 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
[snip]
Why do we all have to like the same word processor?
Lisi
P.S. Sorry, Gary for the off-list just now. It wasn't aimed only at you and
should te
On 20/12/14 06:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 06:05 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
Sorry, meant to send that to Debian user; will do so now, so ignore
until it arrives that way.
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Patrick Wiseman
wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Gary Dale
wrote:
On 20
On 20/12/14 06:05 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
Sorry, meant to send that to Debian user; will do so now, so ignore
until it arrives that way.
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 03:34 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 20/12/14 03:34 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>>>
>>> On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
>
> O
On 20/12/14 03:34 PM, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12
On 20/12/14 03:35 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 02:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a
On 12/20/2014 02:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be intere
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
>> > On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
>> >> On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
>> >>> On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen
On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> > On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
> >> On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> >>> On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Who said anything about running windows?
> >
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
>>
>> On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
>>>
>>> On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Altho
On 20/12/14 02:15 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find
anything over much to do
On 12/20/2014 12:17 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find anything over
much to do with Linux.
Thanks for the giggle
On 17/12/14 11:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find anything
over much to do with Linux.
Thanks for the giggle,
Kare
OK, but you can set up a UNIX vi
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:00:56PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 12/19/2014 09:41 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> >On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> >>hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol!
> >>Happy Holidays to you and everyone,
> >
> >Don't forget to have a Me
On 12/19/2014 09:41 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol!
Happy Holidays to you and everyone,
Don't forget to have a Merry christmas!
Chris, I'm looking forward to a change in my meds! Merry
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol!
> Happy Holidays to you and everyone,
Don't forget to have a Merry christmas!
--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and l
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:46:59PM +0700, Ken Heard wrote:
>
> These days almost all word processors use the ODF. Transfer of
> documents between the twenty or so word processors, etc., for example
> from a MS Word .docx file to a LibreOffice .odt file and the reverse,
> is well nigh effortless.
On 12/19/2014 02:42 PM, Jape Person wrote:
On 12/19/2014 02:22 PM, Curt wrote:
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen wrote:
My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the
choices
of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them.
Thanks again for the comments, I consid
hm whatever deepens your sense of self lol!
Happy Holidays to you and everyone,
Kare
On Fri, 19 Dec 2014, Curt wrote:
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen wrote:
My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices
of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate t
On 12/19/2014 02:22 PM, Curt wrote:
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen wrote:
My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices
of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them.
Thanks again for the comments, I consider this thread to be closed, at
least for me
On 2014-12-19, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> My choices work for me, and I am more than willing to respect the choices
> of others, even if I have zero need or desire to emulate them.
> Thanks again for the comments, I consider this thread to be closed, at
> least for me.
I don't think anyone was r
Hi all,
I appreciate all the suggestions, those on point recommending for example I
ask the Dutch debian project about wp. Those far from on point
suggestion I switch when I stated I was only seeking logistics.
I use dos daily and on my machine have wp5.1, which I almost never use,
and wp6
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On 2014-12-18 00:01, Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
> On 2014-12-17 Karen Lewellen wrote:
>
>> I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX.
>> I got this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my
>> primary computer and I would
On 12/17/2014 11:15 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
On 16/12/14 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would welcome, if at all possible, to
Who said anything about running windows?
The only windows I have are made of glass lol.
Although a virtual dos machine might be interesting if I find anything
over much to do with Linux.
Thanks for the giggle,
Kare
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014, Gary Dale wrote:
On 16/12/14 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen
On 16/12/14 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would welcome, if at all possible, to use it with
Linux as well.
Is there any
Hi Paul.
What an interesting link. thanks for sharing that Dutch project.
Karen
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014, Doug wrote:
On 12/17/2014 08:58 AM, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
Op 17-12-14 om 04:44 schreef Karen Lewellen:
> Greetings everyone,
> I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for
On 12/17/2014 07:43 PM, Charlie wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:14:23 -0500 Ric Moore sent:
Just a little follow-up to the last post. I don't like OpenOffice or
LibreOffice because I don't like the strait-jacket they
put you in.
Which is what?? It certainly isn't the price. :/ Ric
Actually
On 12/17/2014 01:14 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
On 12/16/2014 11:41 PM, Doug wrote:
/snip/
Just a little follow-up to the last post. I don't like OpenOffice or
LibreOffice because I don't like the strait-jacket they
put you in.
Which is what?? It certainly isn't the price. :/ Ric
I don't wan
On 12/17/2014 08:58 AM, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
Op 17-12-14 om 04:44 schreef Karen Lewellen:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would welcome, if at all possib
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:14:23 -0500 Ric Moore sent:
> >>
> > Just a little follow-up to the last post. I don't like OpenOffice or
> > LibreOffice because I don't like the strait-jacket they
> > put you in.
>
> Which is what?? It certainly isn't the price. :/ Ric
Actually, I was going to ask
On 12/16/2014 11:41 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:57 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I
got this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
computer and I would
On 2014-12-17 Karen Lewellen wrote:
> I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
> this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary computer
> and I would welcome, if at all possible, to use it with Linux as well.
> Is there any reason why the program
Doug:
> Karen Lewellen:
> > Doug:
> > > There was once (around 1995?) a WordPerfect version for Linux. It
> > > worked, but it had terrible fonts. It has not been possible to
> > > install that for at least the past 4 years, and probably longer,
> > > as the dependencies can no longer be met.
> >
>
Op 17-12-14 om 04:44 schreef Karen Lewellen:
> Greetings everyone,
> I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
> this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
> computer and I would welcome, if at all possible, to use it with Linux
> as well.
> Is th
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Karen Lewellen
wrote:
> Greetings everyone,
> I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX.
Which Unix? Which hardware vendor/CPU?
> I got this
> because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary computer and I
> would welcome, if at
I still have the fourteen years old CDs of the Corel Linux distribution, which
came with WordPerfect.
Re-installed it a couple months ago so I could print some old WP for DOS
documents I had, which did not format properly in more recent versions, or
under LibreOffice.
Had to dig out an old Pen
Hi again,
I appreciate all You provided in this exchange. Please do not go to over
much trouble. as I use wp every single day on my main computer, and only
had a desire to find something I might personally do with my Debian box,
I will not lose anything if by chance my copy will only run
On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Rusi Mody wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:00:03 AM UTC+5:30, Doug wrote:
>> On 12/16/2014 11:34 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> > YOu know?
>> > I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current than
>> > 1995 I am sure.
>> > Kare
>> >
>>
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:00:03 AM UTC+5:30, Doug wrote:
> On 12/16/2014 11:34 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > YOu know?
> > I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current than 1995
> > I am sure.
> > Kare
> >
> >
> Ok, I was guessing 1995, it was later. I found my copy
On 12/16/2014 11:34 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
YOu know?
I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current than 1995 I
am sure.
Kare
Ok, I was guessing 1995, it was later. I found my copy of Corel WordPerfect 8
for Linux, Personal Edition. The disk is copyright 1998.
If you h
On 12/16/2014 08:57 PM, Doug wrote:
> On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> Greetings everyone,
>> I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
>> this because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary
>> computer and I would welcome, if at all possi
On 12/16/2014 10:57 PM, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got this
because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary computer and I
would welcome, if at all possible, to use
YOu know?
I need to check this edition then, because it is far more current than
1995 I am sure.
Kare
On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, Doug wrote:
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got
this because wo
On 12/16/2014 10:44 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I have a still in the package copy of wordperfect 5.1 for UNIX. I got this
because wordperfect is my main word processor on my primary computer and I
would welcome, if at all possible, to use it with Linux as well.
Is there any
Ken Heard wrote:
<.>
well ken,
have a good time out there.
happens to be good for relationships.
good luck,
steef
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Inspired by the comments and suggestions made by several people on the
list, and by Rick Moen's article "WordPerfect on Linux FAQ"
(http://linuxmafia.com/wpfaq/), I was able to install the version of WP8
I had inquired in 2000. Essentially what I did was to use the Debian
equivs package to cr
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 03:53:58AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Ken Heard wrote:
> >Herewith is the latest update on my attempts to install WordPerfect
> >8.0 on my Debian 'sarge' GNU/linux distribution.
>
>
>
Debian _is_ about choice. Corel isn't - they tied their product to one
specifi
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 06:04:59PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote:
> So it would appear that packages xlibs and xlibs-data supercede
> xlib6g. In fact, the properties list of xlibs_4.3.0dfsg.1-14sarge1 says
> that it replaces xlib6g(<< 4.0). The xlib6g I was trying to install was
> 3.3.5-1.0.
Ken Heard wrote:
Herewith is the latest update on my attempts to install WordPerfect
8.0 on my Debian 'sarge' GNU/linux distribution.
There is now another possible option: WINE. Now that a beta version
of WINE is out, I may be able to install WP 12 using it.
Good luck. Let us kn
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 06:04:59PM -0500, Ken Heard wrote:
> Herewith is the latest update on my attempts to install WordPerfect
> 8.0 on my Debian 'sarge' GNU/linux distribution.
...
> It is very much of a disappointment that I cannot seem to be able to
> use WP8.0 It makes t
Herewith is the latest update on my attempts to install WordPerfect 8.0
on my Debian 'sarge' GNU/linux distribution.
First, I discovered that in my original post of 17 November 2005, I
gave the wrong paths for the files which would be installed by xlib6g. I
only discovered my mistake when I
Someone who still uses WP8--yeah!!! Join the club...my install of WP8 still
runs rings around OO. I've actually found OO to be crashable (often) on my
system, but it may have something to do with some of my own tweaks.
Anyway, I use WP8 for all my serious documents...never did get fileconversion
James Vahn writes:
> Novell, SuSE, TrollTech (KDE's Qt), SCO, Caldera. They (and more) are
> all tied together though the Canopy Group.
Canopy has never had any influence over Novell. Canopy once had a small
interest in Troll Tech. They sold it quite a while ago. Canopy fired
Yarro and severed
Marc Shapiro wrote:
> Caldera purchased some of the assets of SCO, including the SCO name.
Novell, SuSE, TrollTech (KDE's Qt), SCO, Caldera.
They (and more) are all tied together though the Canopy Group.
I wouldn't be suprised to see Corel as another one.
> SCO then renamed itself Tarantella.
> C
(having nothing to contribute to that Corel/SCO/whoever issue, I'll
try to answer the original question...;)
On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 06:33:25PM +, Ken Heard wrote:
> (...)
> Debian being Debian, surely there is a way to install xlib6g without
> having to remove all 175 of those other pa
Almut Behrens wrote:
> On the positive side is, though,
> that when the next vim vs. emacs thread comes up (and I have no clear
> preference as to those two), I can simply lean back, relax and watch
> them argue from the distance ;)
Ha, I could never approach that level of editor zen. Several
On Saturday 19 November 2005 17:23, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 19 18:39 -0600]:
> >On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Ken Heard wrote:
> > > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by
> >
Paul Johnson wrote:
Patrick Wiseman wrote:
On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ken Heard wrote:
Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my
request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained
suggestions as to how to solve my problem -
Patrick writes:
> I can find no evidence that SCO owns Corel.
The SCO Group (formerly Caldera), the company that now calls itself SCO,
owns neither Corel nor WordPerfect.
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On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Patrick Wiseman wrote:> On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ken Heard wrote: > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my
>> > request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained>> >
Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Ken Heard wrote:
>>
>> > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my
>> > request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained
>> > suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- t
* Patrick Wiseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 19 18:39 -0600]:
>On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ken Heard wrote:
>
> > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my
> > request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which conta
On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ken Heard wrote:> Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my> request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained> suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- those from Kent West and
> Patrick Wiseman.WordP
* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 19 17:58 -0600]:
> Ken Heard wrote:
>
> > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my
> > request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained
> > suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- those from Kent West and
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:10:43 -0800
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ken Heard wrote:
>
> > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by
> > my request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained
> > suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- those from
On 11/19/05, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was curious about the need to install xlib6, because the wpx-freepackage, which is WordPerfect 8.0, depends not on it but on xlib6g.However, I discovered that the book with which the Corel Linux CDROM I
have was shipped -- Corel Linux OS
* Almut Behrens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 19 08:55 -0600]:
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 07:58:00AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > > If you want Reveal Codes, you could always edit the XML in Vim...
> >
> > Ugggh! I'll use FTE instead. ;-)
>
> Heh! another fte user -- unbelievable :)
>
> (Tha
On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 07:58:00AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > If you want Reveal Codes, you could always edit the XML in Vim...
>
> Ugggh! I'll use FTE instead. ;-)
Heh! another fte user -- unbelievable :)
(That's my secret love, too, but so far I got the impression I'm the
only one in th
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 23:37 -0600]:
> On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 18:49 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > * Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 13:24 -0600]:
> > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:02:47AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> > >
> > > > I won't give you any arguments. I
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 18:49 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 13:24 -0600]:
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:02:47AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> >
> > > I won't give you any arguments. If it is the software that you like and
> > > not a need for the format
* Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 13:24 -0600]:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:02:47AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
> > I won't give you any arguments. If it is the software that you like and
> > not a need for the format, then that is your choice and your right.
> > That's what linux
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:02:47AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> I won't give you any arguments. If it is the software that you like and
> not a need for the format, then that is your choice and your right.
> That's what linux is all about -- choice! I will also admit that the
> reveal codes o
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:47:47AM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
>
> I don't use WP8 for its file format! I use it because it remains the best
> word processor out there, especially because of its "Reveal Codes" function
> which no other word processor does as well, that I've seen anyway. And if
Patrick Wiseman wrote:
I don't use WP8 for its file format! I use it because it remains the
best word processor out there, especially because of its "Reveal Codes"
function which no other word processor does as well, that I've seen
anyway. And if OO.o2 is anything like OO.o, it's bloatware.
On 11/18/05, Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Even before I noticed that my WP* was broken, however, I was thinking of
removing it since there is another option if you have a fast internetconnection. Openoffice.org2 now handles WordPerfect files. I tried iton a document that I got from so
Ken Heard wrote:
Those of you who go back to before the earth's crust hardened, may
remember Corel WordPrefect 8.0 (and 8.1). WP 8.0 was released by Corel
about 2000. It (and 8.1) were the only versions of WP which were native
to Linux. (WP 10 was ported from Windows to Linux through Cor
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 18:33 +, Ken Heard wrote:
> Those of you who go back to before the earth's crust hardened, may
> remember Corel WordPrefect 8.0 (and 8.1). WP 8.0 was released by Corel
> about 2000. It (and 8.1) were the only versions of WP which were native
> to Linux. (WP 10
I recall WP 8.0 as I had it installed way back when. But then I go
back to WP 5.1 on DOS way back when the Earth had no form and was
void--1990 to mid-1996 when I made a wrong turn and swerved into MS
Word 6.0. Before that I used VIP Writer on my TRS-80 CoCo 2. Somewhere
in 2000 (I think) I downl
On 11/17/05, Ken Heard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have the Corel CDROM which has on it the WP 8.0. .deb package. Thereis however a dependency problem on which I would like some advice.
You might find my page at http://ul451.gsu.edu/~pwiseman/WP8_and_Debian_GNU_Linux.html useful.
Patrick
Ken Heard wrote:
I have the Corel CDROM which has on it the WP 8.0. .deb package.
There is however a dependency problem on which I would like some advice.
The WP 8.0 package depends on only two other packages, libc5 and
xlib6g. The former is still available from the Debian archive; s
Jerry Van Brimmer wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to install Wordperfect 8 on Woody. I have installed libc5
and xpm4.7. I have WP8 on a commercial Corel CD. When I cd to the CD
root directory, there I see install.wp. When I type ./install.wp and
press Enter I get this message:
debian:/cdrom# ./install
hi ya jerry
On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Jerry Van Brimmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Wordperfect 8 on Woody. I have installed libc5 and
> xpm4.7. I have WP8 on a commercial Corel CD. When I cd to the CD root
> directory, there I see install.wp. When I type ./install.wp and press
> Enter
Quoting Jerry Van Brimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Wordperfect 8 on Woody. I have installed libc5 and
> xpm4.7. I have WP8 on a commercial Corel CD. When I cd to the CD root
> directory, there I see install.wp. When I type ./install.wp and press
> Enter I get this me
on Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 11:39:54PM -0800, Jerry Van Brimmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Wordperfect 8 on Woody. I have installed libc5 and
> xpm4.7. I have WP8 on a commercial Corel CD. When I cd to the CD root
> directory, there I see install.wp. When I type ./ins
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 01:04:20AM +1300, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote:
> anyone hereabouts have joy getting either or both of these old beasts of
> verbal burden up & running on Debian 3.0?
Install the 'wperfect' package. It's only job is to depend on the old
old libraries needed to run WordPe
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