Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!ilan343
From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Word processors under 386 unix(es)?
Keywords: word processors, unix
Message-ID: <1990Mar26.220013.25186@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 90 22:00:13 GMT
References: <895@gistdev.gist.com> <3560@thebes.Thalatta.COM>
Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44)
Distribution: comp
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Lines: 12

In article <3560@thebes.Thalatta.COM> campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>
>I personally do all my stuff in xroff, but many of my clients prefer to
>use WYSIWYG word processors.  It also requires little retraining since
>everyone seems to know WordPerfect (MessyDos users anyway).
>
In the latest issue of Unix Today, there is an annoucement of Version
5.0 of WordPerfect (with graphics, page preview) for 386ixes.
They support graphic terminals (not just the console) by downloading
soft characters with the appropriate bitmaps.
Has anyone seen this yet?  Are other  PC-to-Unix ports using similar
approach?