Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 11:42:21 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: chrisd@bsdbox.dynip.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FBSD 3.0 and Linux Wordperfect Message-ID: <199901171642.LAA17748@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990116230259.6630B-100000@bsdbox.dynip.com>
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> > Does Wordperfect work alright with version FreeBSD 3.0? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > It runs... and as far as I can tell discussing things with people; it runs as well on FreeBSD 3.0 as it does on Linux. Problems I have (which people tell me they've seen on Linux): 1) Sometimes WordPerfect "goes away" i.e. it locks up with a high CPU usage... seems to be X11 related. Sometimes a good way to "tickle" this problem is to cut-and-paste some text from an xterm for insertion. 2) I've actually had it crash - it didn't leave a .core file or anything - just "bleep" was gone. Some personal problems: 1) The web-pages referenced by the "WWW On-line manual" in the help button aren't there any more. I suppose too many people were hitting the web site. (Really not good for me, because I don't known WordPerfect.) 2) Although it says "Free for personal use" you must register with corel to get a license key. The registration is simple enough... it's just no-one told me. 3) It can't start netscape - but if netscape is already running, it will properly direct it to a web page. There's a message dialog that "pops up" when it can't start netscape; but it's up-and-away so fast I can't read it... so, I don't know what the problem is. 4) Although Corel's web pages suggest a price of $69.95 for the full package (which, presumably includes on-line manuals), it doesn't help in actually buying it. Apparently, you can't buy it from Corel - you need to find a dealer. If the trial works out, I'd like to buy it... but... if I can't, I won't. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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