> WordPerfect is/was the console word-processor of choice. There used to be > versions for virtually every computer you could think of. Apparently you > could shoe-horn the versions intended to work on SCO-unix onto a Linux > machine.
Apparently[1] you could just install the Linux version of word perfect by inserting the respective flat round thing labelled "SuSE X.Y" into the corresponding rescepticle and clicking a few buttons in Yast... [2] You need some activation code to actually run WP, but last I checked the web site was still up (google) and seemed to be giving them out at any rate to anyone putting some random characters into some web form. No doubt code are also "otherwise" available. As it's software which has been dead for a long time I wouldn't get started on it now. Use LaTeX instead if you want a console thing. Much more flexible, and apart from a present, also has a future. Volker [1] Well I've done it [2] Probably still runs on a current system. Version 8 last shipped on 7.0 or 7.1. Not sure whether there were earlier Linux versions. Would one want them if there were? -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
