Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!moegate!soley
From: soley@moegate.UUCP (Norman S. Soley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Is there any wordprocessor in unix
Keywords: WordPerfect
Message-ID: <460@moegate.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jul 89 13:43:48 GMT
References: <4856@macom1.UUCP> <248@arnor.UUCP> <1044@kuling.UUCP> <8161@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Reply-To: soley@moegate.UUCP (Norman S. Soley)
Organization: Ontario Ministry of the Environment
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In article <8161@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>In article <1044@kuling.UUCP> irf@kuling.UUCP (Bo Thide') writes:
>>We bought the UNIX release of 'WordPerfect' for one of our HP9000/300
>>boxes running HP-UX.  
>
>Major nit:  It is theoretically *impossible* for a general terminal-
>independent version of WordPerfect to exist under UNIX.  After
>extensive research I have determined that WordPerfect *cannot exist*
>unless you have all or most of F1..F10, Ctrl-F1..Ctrl-F10,
>Alt-F1..Alt-F10, and Shift-F1..Shift-F10 keys available.  Since most
>terminals used for UNIX do not have such keys at all, the conclusion
>follows.  What you used under UNIX may have been called WordPerfect,
>but it was something else.

Hmm.. seems funny but I've got a software package here that has a label on it
that says WordPerfect, the address in the manual is the same as the one in the
PC manual and golly gee, it certianly feels like WordPerfect 4.2 to me. 
It works on my VT102 terminal just fine thanks, sure the command keys have 
moved around a little, ALT-F1 becomes PF1,Keypad1 and my extensive research 
indicates that yes there are some terminals that just aren't up to the task. 

I'm disappointed that Rahul, who usually seems to know what's going on, can 
be so wrong with so much authority. Then again it used to be widely believed
that it was theoretically *impossible* for the honey-bee to fly... 
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