Word Perfect in Linux?

[Karl Wilbur]

Data from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect#WordPerfect_for_Linux

Detailed WordPerfect 8 installation instructions for Linux:
http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/1998122101210NWSW

These threads have some data about why it might not be feasible:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1441258
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=80441

TL;DR:
LibreOffice as a GUI word processor
Nano, Vim, Emacs for CLI-based systems
I like Sublime Text 2 for code editing. Previously used both GEdit and
Komodo with great success.


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Karl Wilbur
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com>wrote:

> Well, in considering other editors which deal with more sets of
> charactors, I look back in my DOS days to WP6.0. I had heard there was a
> wp8 in Linux, but I cannot find it? Some1 in our LUG was going to get me a
> copy, but somehow it didn't happen.
> So far among editors I am familliar with, I am most comfortable in Nano,
> but it won't handle replacing items which say "null"
> Thanks so much in advance for suggestions of finding a WP in Linux, or
> another editor which is simple, not like vim, vi, or emacs.  Come to think
> of it, could I run WP6 in dosemu?
> Hart
>
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