Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!uflorida!math.ufl.edu!shadrach.math.ufl.edu!bb From: bb@math.ufl.edu (Brian Bartholomew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: imperfections in WordPerfect? Message-ID: Date: 1 May 91 04:18:05 GMT References: <22853@lanl.gov> <1991Apr30.003844.21106@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@math.ufl.edu Organization: University of Florida Department of Mathematics Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: streib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu's message of 30 Apr 91 00:38:44 GMT In article cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu writes: >> Isn't the equation package part of WP 5.1? The WP for the NeXT is >> version 5.0. In article <1991Apr30.003844.21106@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> streib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Allan Streib) writes: > I don't know what version WP is avail for NeXT, but it is correct that > equations were added in 5.1 in the PC version. I've played with WP for the NeXT on an '030 cube and I give it a double thumbs-down. It claims to be version "1.0" so who knows exactly what features it contains. I loaded the PC 5.1 printer test file and noticed that most, but not all, of the items on that page were displayed correctly. Also, it was unbelievably slow. Running the PC version of 5.1 under a beta copy of SoftPC was arguably faster than running the native NeXT version. When I clicked below the scroll bar to show me the bottom third of the page on the single-page printer test document, it took *seconds* to scroll. My vote? Stick to WriteNow and Framemaker. -- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Bartholomew UUCP: ...gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!bb University of Florida Internet: bb@math.ufl.edu