Re: wordperfect 5.1 for unix, and debian?
On Saturday 20 December 2014 20:05:43 Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> 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 interesting if I find anything
> >>>> over much to do with Linux.
> >>>> Thanks for the giggle,
> >>>> Kare
> >>>
> >>> OK, but you can set up a UNIX virtual machine. Worst case would be
> >>> needing qemu to emulate whatever processor your WP51 version was set up
> >>> for.
> >>>
> >>> Still don't know what you have against LibreOffice. It's almost
> >>> certainly superior to WP51 in every significant way.
> >>
> >> At least she doesn't have to worry about "Styles." Most people do not
> >> need a QuarkXpress or MS Publisher, and that's what LO is trying to be.
> >>
> >> Just like those expensive commercial programs, anyone who uses LO (or
> >> OO) will either have to read and learn a lot of instructions or find a
> >>
> >> different solution. My solution is TextMaker from SoftMaker, which has a
> >> free version for non-commercial use, and which seems to have just
> >>
> >> about all the features of the paid version. (I have no pecuniary
> >> interest in SoftMaker, a German firm.)
> >>
> >> --doug
> >
> > Funny but I never had to learn about styles. However they are handier
> > than applying individual attributes to common elements. And while
> > LibreOffice is quite powerful, it's not Scribus nor Scribus-like by any
> > stretch. It's just a modern, feature-rich word processor. That means
> > allowing people to use styles when they want to or ignoring them when
> > they don't.
>
> By way of example, flush-right-with-dot-leader is trivial in WP8 (the
> native WP for Linux), impossible in LibreOffice without a "style"
> which is absurdly difficult to create.
What does that mean, and why would one want to do it?
Lisi
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