Re: Console based Word Processor
I would doubt there's a text-based version of WordPerfect 8 on any
platform... If there is, I'd love to know how to make it work. Until then,
I'll stick to WP 5.1/DOS for my work. In a decade of use its never
crashed or otherwise let me down. :)
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 03:45:51PM -0600, David Karlin wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 05:06:02PM +0100, Ted Harding wrote:
> > > If I could get WP5 for UNIX up on Linux I'd run for it!
> >
> > I did my share of editing in Wordperfect, too.
> >
> > I suppose you could try running the old DOS version in dosemu.
> >
> > (Don't know about licensing issues, though.)
>
> If you have a license for your copy, there should be no problem. I ran
> WP5 in dosemu for quite a while with no problems. I have a copy of
> Corel which includes WP8 and will take a look to see how to get the
> text-based version working. The manual doesn't appear to mention it.
>
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