Correction, please. The graphical WordPerfect for Linux was, and always will be inaccessible. The much older, WordPerfect 5.1 for Unix was fully text based, server based, and is probably very accessible. Except that we'll need a Speakup equivalent of all those lovely asap and gw macros we used to use on DOS. Remember, folks, there was a lot of extra functionality provided by screen readers to make some of those funky WP screens (like spell check) work. Charles Crawford writes: > From: Charles Crawford <ccrawford at acb.org> > > Well, if that is the case then you are absolutely right. Back to the > drawing boards. > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, White, Matt wrote: > > > You are not missing anything here. Furthermore, WordPerfect uses a > > non-textual interface even though it is not a X application rendering it > > completely useless. > > > > <quote who="Chuck Hallenbeck"> > > > Seems to me that Word Perfect for Linux, if it existed, would > > > have the same problem that all proprietary software has: i.e., it > > > uses a proprietary format that assumes the availability of Word > > > Perfect for anyone wishing to work with the document. I know you > > > can make plain text files with WP, but why bother to use WP if > > > you want to make plain text files? What are the advantages of > > > Word Perfect for Linux that would be worth the limitations of a > > > proprietary file format? > > > > > > Or am I missing something? > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, jude dashiell wrote: > > > > > >> Only version of that I've ever run into came on infomagic disks and > > >> would need gnome or kde or some other form of x to run it. It's for > > >> that reason I'd not use wp under Linux or even have it take up disk > > >> space here. > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Speakup mailing list > > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (84% of Full) > > > So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > My public encryption key is posted on that site > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > -- > -- Charlie Crawford > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
