Yes, architecture is x86_64. And the error certainly seems to be new, but I don't know when it was introduced. I have a 2010-era Vmware machine with Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) and the Ubuntu build of dosemu, and the problem is definitely NOT present.
On Feb 10, 2013, at 10:09 PM, solarflow99 <solarflo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer >> Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 >> and get the hardware for free! Learn more. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb >> _______________________________________________ >> Dosemu-devel mailing list >> Dosemu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dosemu-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Dosemu-devel mailing list Dosemu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dosemu-devel
