Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-22 Thread Michael Torrie
On 08/18/2011 01:24 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > Alec Taylor wrote: >> wow, people still use WordPerfect? > > Them's fightin' words right there! :) > > Yes, we still use Word Perfect, and will as long as it is available. > The ability to see the codes in use (bold, margins, columns, etc) has so >

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-19 Thread aspineux
On Aug 18, 7:00 pm, Ethan Furman wrote: > I have WordPerfect v13 which we are currently using for letter merges. > I would like to automate this with Python instead of learning the WP > Macro language. > > Does anyone have any pointers? > paper letter or eletronic mail merger ? What you need is

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-19 Thread Alec Taylor
:P Personally, I use LaTeX, which fits all my requirements. On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 5:24 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: > Alec Taylor wrote: >> >> wow, people still use WordPerfect? > > Them's fightin' words right there!  :) > > Yes, we still use Word Perfect, and will as long as it is available. The >

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-18 Thread Seebs
On 2011-08-18, Ethan Furman wrote: > Yes, we still use Word Perfect, and will as long as it is available. > The ability to see the codes in use (bold, margins, columns, etc) has so > far been unequaled in anything else I have looked at. I have used other software that had this functionality, bu

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-18 Thread Rhodri James
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:24:17 +0100, Ethan Furman wrote: Alec Taylor wrote: wow, people still use WordPerfect? Them's fightin' words right there! :) Yes, we still use Word Perfect, and will as long as it is available. The ability to see the codes in use (bold, margins, columns, etc) has

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-18 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/18/2011 3:24 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: Alec Taylor wrote: wow, people still use WordPerfect? Them's fightin' words right there! :) Yes, we still use Word Perfect, and will as long as it is available. The ability to see the codes in use (bold, margins, columns, etc) has so far been unequale

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-18 Thread Ethan Furman
John Gordon wrote: I suspect that learning how to integrate python with wordperfect will end up being much more work than learning wordperfect macros. Possibly... but I enjoy coding in Python. :) ~Ethan~ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-18 Thread Ethan Furman
Alec Taylor wrote: wow, people still use WordPerfect? Them's fightin' words right there! :) Yes, we still use Word Perfect, and will as long as it is available. The ability to see the codes in use (bold, margins, columns, etc) has so far been unequaled in anything else I have looked at. ~

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-18 Thread Alec Taylor
wow, people still use WordPerfect? On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:51 AM, John Gordon wrote: > In Ethan Furman > writes: > >> I have WordPerfect v13 which we are currently using for letter merges. >> I would like to automate this with Python instead of learning the WP >> Macro language. > > I suspec

Re: Word Perfect integration

2011-08-18 Thread John Gordon
In Ethan Furman writes: > I have WordPerfect v13 which we are currently using for letter merges. > I would like to automate this with Python instead of learning the WP > Macro language. I suspect that learning how to integrate python with wordperfect will end up being much more work than lea

Word Perfect integration

2011-08-18 Thread Ethan Furman
I have WordPerfect v13 which we are currently using for letter merges. I would like to automate this with Python instead of learning the WP Macro language. Does anyone have any pointers? ~Ethan~ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list