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From: romwa@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Mark Dornfeld)
Date: Thu, 24-Dec-87 12:40:32 EST
Message-ID: <1987Dec24.124032.3071@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Looking for a Xenix version of WordPerfect.
References: <234@dalcsug.UUCP> <3245@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: romwa@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Mark Dornfeld)

In article <3245@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) writes:
>In <234@dalcsug.UUCP> lalonde@dalcsug.UUCP (Paul Lalonde) writes:
>>	I'm looking for a Xenix version of WordPerfect, does anyone know
>>of such a beast?  I'm running Tandy's flavour of Microsoft Xenix 2.0.
>>on a Tandy 3000hd.  
>
>WordPerfect Corporation is developing a XENIX version, but it is not an
>announced product. 
>
>One problem I can see in porting WP to UNIX/XENIX is that they rely on
>10 function keys with shifted, control, and alt variants.

While I am anxiously awaiting WordPerfect for XENIX since it is our PC
standard Word Processor, I have had a look at the SMART Word Processor
for XENIX and they have implemented an excellent menu system based
only on the PF keys and the numeric keypad of a VT100.  It is probably
more powerful than a straight function key approach and makes a lot of
sense given the variety of terminals likely to be on a XENIX system.

Mark T. Dornfeld
Royal Ontario Museum
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