Wordperfect in linux?

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Sat, 31 May 2003 09:08:02 -0400
Joel Hammer <Joel at hammershome.com> wrote:

> I used to use WP8 for linux. Fine program but it did get a bit outdated. I
> think I finally got fed up with the filter nonsense.
> 
> I tried WP office 2000 when it first came out. It was a dog, as we all
> know, written to run with wine. Bad fonts, unstable, just awful.
> 
> There have been big improvements they say in wine and certainly the
> computers are faster and the memory is cheaper. Is anyone using the
> Wordperfect office suite in linux lately?

No. But I have been having success with FrameMaker under Wine. Fonts seem
much better. I have not put it through rigorous testing as I haven't had
the time yet. But I will.

I know that codeweavers claim to support Word now. And their improvements do
get back into the wine release.

So, maybe WP will also work much better.


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