Corel's WP for Linux, at least the one I have, comes with rpms for installation. I wasn't able to get any use of it, however, even though I had no problem installing it. In my view, part of their failure on Linux comes from the fact that they ported their Windows thinking along with their code--all the way down to the file naming conventions. It was really odd seeing files like /usr/sbin/[something].EXE Very odd. If you want to do WordPerfect on Linux, do wpdos, either 5.1 or 6.2, over dosemu. Consult: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/ Thomas Ward writes: > From: Thomas Ward <slingshooter at valkyrie.net> > > > Hi. > Well, the Wordperfect for Linux had several problems. One of the major > reasons they didn't make enough of a prophet off of it, and why it failed > is the wrote the installer to work on Corel Linux and Debian only, and you > couldn't install it on say red Hat. > They also had some deal going with Lokhi Games, and when Lokhi went bust > Correl > decided to pull there Linux products. Including Wordperfect 9.0 which had > just come out, and which was suppose to feature an installer more > compatible with Red Hat Linux. > > As for it's accessability it was written using Motif which is alot > moreaccessible than most gui toolkits. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
