In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Derek Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Malcom, > >Never anything on Perfection due to closed source conditions. > >I did disasemble it a while ago, but I suspect the copyright also covers >revers engineering. > >Anyways Perfection does not read Word Files, which unfortuneatly is the >standard in most word processors these days. > >It is a pity that program modules could be added to Perfection, so that >a Word module could written. Maybe Paragragh could do this via Prowess. Not so much that, as just trying to establish who now owned the rights to Perfection in terms of its copyright. Dilwyn Jones and myself did a bit of tracking down on this, yet it didn't conclude with anything definite. I agree that the ability to read M$ Word files is a must - as it is so prevalent. WordPerfect, the big rival, can always do this. Yet successive versions of Word, at one time, often couldn't even read previous file versions of itself ... On my RISCOS system I have a freeware program, cutely enough called 'Anit-Word', which can read any Word file. You then just pop the resulting file into your favourite word processor / editor / DTP program. So, the program module idea that you suggest is quite useful. With regard to Paragraph, maybe if it didn't just depend on ProWesS, it could find a new life. >Malcolm Cadman wrote: >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Derek Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> writes >> >> >>>Maybe it is better to start from scratch and write a MS Word compatiable >>>word processor. Since the Source to Open Offic is available, then with >>>athe removal of the Linux specific information, the word processor may >>>work OK. >> >> >> Well, there is the new work done on Perfection to make it compatible >> with the larger screens now available. >> >> This has not been generally released, owing to reservations about who >> now owns or has any interest in the copyright. >> >> Further work could be the use of the new hi-colour palette that is now >> available. >> >> There is also Paragraph, which runs under ProWesS, which is impressive >> for using true fonts, and is moving towards the crossover between word >> processing and desk top publishing. -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
