Thanks for reporting the error anyways.  Do you know if this is new
problem, or did it work in previous versions?  Also what arch is this?
 I bet its x86_64 right?



On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:33 AM, Edward Mendelson <e...@columbia.edu> wrote:
> Here is a very strange problem that someone reported to me, and which I
> have now confirmed under the latest git version built and running under
> up-to-date Ubuntu.
>
> In both WordPerfect for DOS 5.1+ and WordPerfect for DOS 6.2, when
> $_cpu_emu = "vm86sim", every line in a WordPerfect document moves to the
> far left edge of the page. Even if the left margin is set at 2 cm. or 3
> inches, the text moves to the left edge of the page itself. (Actually to
> a margin of 0.25 inches, or whatever WordPerfect thinks is the edge of
> the printable area on the page.)
>
> This problem is visible in Print Preview (Shift-F7, View Document), and
> also on printed output.
>
> If $_cpu_emu = "vm86", then this problem does not occur in WordPerfect
> 5.1+, and all pages are printed normally. Unfortunately, with that
> setting, WordPerfect 6.2 does not run at all.
>
> The same problem occurs with all other CPU emulation options that I
> tried. Only "vm86" produces the correct page layout, and, of course, it
> does so only with WordPerfect 5.1+, because WordPerfect 6.x does not run
> with the "vm86" setting.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Edit ~/.dosemurc  so that $_cpu_emu = "vm86sim"
>
> 2. Launch dosemu and lredir a director that contains WordPerfect.
>
> 3. Start WordPerfect for DOS.
>
> 4. Type a few words.
>
> 5. Press Shift-F7, then either View (in WPDOS 5.1+) or Preview (in WPDOS
> 6.x).
>
> The typed words will appear at the left edge of the page.
>
> Repeat with "vm86" instead of "vm86sim", and see how the typed words are
> correctly indented to the left margin.
>
> Edward Mendelson
> Contributing Editor
> PC Magazine
>
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