I've just installed RedHat Linux on a separate drive and it works fine. My
cdrom works, and I can find the WordPerfect 8 file GUILG00.GZ What do I
have to do to install that?
I'm an old time DOS user, and I tolerate Win98 but don't particulary like
it--mucho screw up when used correctly
, June 29, 1999 9:51 PM
Subject: wordperfect for linux
I've just installed RedHat Linux on a separate drive and it works fine.
My
cdrom works, and I can find the WordPerfect 8 file GUILG00.GZ What do I
have to do to install that?
I'm an old time DOS user, and I tolerate Win98 but don't
Apologies if this is a bit off topic.
I have installed WP8 and the UK language pack, the only problem is, I can't
change the main dictionary from wpus to wpuk. I've gone through the motions
of changing the spellchecker settings, but it's not saving.
Also, my right-click menus seem to be
I have a Canon 4100 and I want to print in Wordperfect, and the only
Canons listed are the 300 and 330. Is there another driver that should
work? (i.e. are certain bubble jets compatible with each other?)
Matthew Stapleton
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On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Charles M Stapleton wrote:
CMSI have a Canon 4100 and I want to print in Wordperfect, and the only
CMSCanons listed are the 300 and 330. Is there another driver that should
CMSwork? (i.e. are certain bubble jets compatible with each other?)
CMS
CMSMatthew Stapleton
If you
Yes i had problems adding my stylus color printer to wordperfect. I
finally downloaded the driver and the explanations to use it from their
site. It seems that the drivers are wordperfect version dependent, and i
had to change some file names (all is explained on their site, under
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, EnTROpY wrote:
Actually, the version of WordPerfect I tested yesterday, is 90 days
use-limited, then it requires a serial number. So you must buy it, which
is not a problem - because, yes, it runs like a Porsche Boxter (it
takes 1-2 seconds to load on my Pentium 200
StarOffice even installing, not to say working in the first day of the
first 30 days grin.. so, I tried WordPerfect and it's very
nice...
You may consider to give it a try, and give micro$oft and bill gate$ a
kick where he deserves (I let you appreciate if this is the butt or
whatever
(for non-commercial users) SN. Well, I don't get the point why isn't
E StarOffice even installing, not to say working in the first day of the
hmm, well, they should have sent you a serial number vie e-mail,
after you submitted the form
E first 30 days grin.. so, I tried WordPerfect and it's very
E
I like StarOffice better than WordPerfect myself, the interface is
better, and it offers more than WP does.
- Mike
--
Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wcnet.org
grin.. so, I tried WordPerfect and it's very
E nice...
I have a problem here... the only place I found it is
www.download.com but none of the linkes worked there :-@
...but if you say, that it's so great, I'll try once more :))
Corel? go here: http://linux.corel.com/linux8/download.htm
) SN. Well, I don't get the point why isn't
StarOffice even installing, not to say working in the first day of the
first 30 days grin.. so, I tried WordPerfect and it's very
nice...
it is also smaller and IMO faster than star office. Doesn't have any
special installation requirements or one user
Actually, the version of WordPerfect I tested yesterday, is 90 days
use-limited, then it requires a serial number. So you must buy it, which
is not a problem - because, yes, it runs like a Porsche Boxter (it
takes 1-2 seconds to load on my Pentium 200), is as simple to install as
-let's say
libraries supplied with it the setup command
whinges and dies.
On a different (yes similar) not, has anyone actually succeeded gettingh
Wordperfect 8 for Linux (the freebie version, registered even) to actually
save a file in Word 6/7 format that was originally a text file? Or
was this a feature
Ron Marriage wrote the following:
Can't help with Star Office, but Corel Word Perfect seems to work fine
I kinda guess that that problem is beyond help but I'm hoping that
someone managed it without breaking a neuron. :)
within some limits that seem pretty much the same with other windows
whinges and dies.
On a different (yes similar) not, has anyone actually succeeded gettingh
Wordperfect 8 for Linux (the freebie version, registered even) to actually
save a file in Word 6/7 format that was originally a text file? Or
was this a feature that was not considered important and therefore
On 08-Jan-99 George Russell wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
i have been contemplating dumping staroffice for wordperfect but
have a question to ask before i proceed. my question is, how
does w.p. compare to s.o.? that is, in terms of speed, bugginess,
etc. and what features does the former have
On 07-Jan-99 Anonymous wrote:
I have been contemplating dumping staroffice for wordperfect
but have a question to ask before i proceed. my question
is, how does w.p. compare to s.o.? that is, in terms of
speed, bugginess, etc. and what features does the former have
that the other lacks
i have been contemplating dumping staroffice for wordperfect but
have a question to ask before i proceed. my question is, how
does w.p. compare to s.o.? that is, in terms of speed, bugginess,
etc. and what features does the former have that the other lacks (and
vice versa)? thanks
Randy Edwards enscribed thusly:
gunzip guilg00.gz; tar -xvf guilg00
When I did do that, I got the following messages (errors???)
"Cannot chown to uid 424 gid 100 : Operation Not permitted"
I've heard that the WordPerfect *.gz file is actually a *.tar file. I
can
- Original Message -
From: Randy Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Charles R. Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: Wordperfect
gunzip guilg00.gz; tar -xvf guilg00
When I did do that, I got the following messages
Randy Edwards wrote:
I've heard that the WordPerfect *.gz file is actually a *.tar file. I
can't confirm that though.
Actually it's a gzipped tarball ...
What I can confirm is that when I installed it, "tar -xzvf guilg00.gz"
worked like a charm.
... which is why the abo
-Original Message-
From: Mike Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: Wordperfect
Randy Edwards wrote:
I've heard that the WordPerfect *.gz file is actually a *.tar file. I
can't confirm that though.
Actually it's
that, I got the following messages (errors???)
"Cannot chown to uid 424 gid 100 : Operation Not permitted"
I've heard that the WordPerfect *.gz file is actually a *.tar file. I
can't confirm that though.
What I can confirm is that when I installed it, "tar -xzvf guilg00.gz"
- Original Message -
From: Edward J.O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Charles Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: Wordperfect
Charles, if you had any success with this will you please tell me how
you
did it. It didn't work for me.
TIA ed
You need to mount your DOS partition while in Linux.
mount -t vfat /dev/hd?? /ur_dir
hd?? = your DOS partition
ur_dir = the dir where you want to mount the partition
You can access the DOS partition then by doing
cd /ur_dir
cp ./wordperfect* /home/me
You get the idea...
Hope this helps
Win\DOS doesn't know about EXT2, but Linux knows about VFAT (Windows
partitions with LFNs) and MSDOS partitions. You need to know the device
name of your DOS partition - probably hda1. If not, use the p command
under fdisk - one of the entries should look like your DOS partition.
Then do:
#
This sounds like a dual boot machine. If so, just boot into Linux,
mount your Win98 partition, and copy it over to your Linux partition.
Win9x may not know how to deal with other filesystmes, but Linux does.
One caveat - presuming that the Win98 partition is FAT32, you will need
a kernel of
Wow!!! :-) That was a lot of useful info!
Many thanks to everyone for the help!
Now it's time to go mess things up! :-)
Richard Adams wrote:
Send me the Runme script, i will take a peek and tell you what it
looks for
when you give the answer "y".
Or take a look for yourself, possably you will find the answer.
It could be that you need to use tar xfMz to unzip all the files in
one go,
-M is multi-volume.
I
root wrote:
I've tried to download WordPerfect for
Linux from www.corel.com. However, it
doesn't complete, and the file is not in
GNZIP format. Has anybody had any luck?
If so, what do you think WordPerfect for Linux?
Joe
Just got it, have to install Linux then install it. Check
, December 26, 1998 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: WordPerfect
root wrote:
I've tried to download WordPerfect for
Linux from www.corel.com. However, it
doesn't complete, and the file is not in
GNZIP format. Has anybody had any luck?
If so, what do you think WordPerfect for Linux?
Joe
Just got it, have
I've tried to download WordPerfect for
Linux from www.corel.com. However, it
doesn't complete, and the file is not in
GNZIP format. Has anybody had any luck?
If so, what do you think WordPerfect for Linux?
Joe
Unamed sources report that root said:
I've tried to download WordPerfect for
Linux from www.corel.com. However, it
doesn't complete, and the file is not in
GNZIP format. Has anybody had any luck?
It's a simple tar file, despite the file name.
Kurt
On 25-Dec-98 root wrote:
I've tried to download WordPerfect for
Linux from www.corel.com. However, it
doesn't complete, and the file is not in
GNZIP format. Has anybody had any luck?
If so, what do you think WordPerfect for Linux?
Joe
The download always quits at about 3-4 MB so I
position. grin
Try again, it is worth it.
Ron
On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Pollywog wrote:
On 25-Dec-98 root wrote:
I've tried to download WordPerfect for
Linux from www.corel.com. However, it
doesn't complete, and the file is not in
GNZIP format. Has anybody had any luck?
If so, what do you
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