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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Word Perfect under OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.104657.443@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- From: regy106@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (John, Registry)
- Date: 21 Aug 92 10:46:57 +1200
- References: <568RPB1w164w@gorilla.nbn.com> <l96cq1INN4dl@aludra.usc.edu>
- Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- In article <l96cq1INN4dl@aludra.usc.edu>, ddurby@aludra.usc.edu (Dennis Durby) writes:
- > In article <568RPB1w164w@gorilla.nbn.com> holmes@gorilla.nbn.com (Tim Holmes) writes:
- >>When I use WP 5.1 under OS/2, it has a very hard time opening
- >>text files. Little ones will eventually open, but with large ones,
- >>say over 80k, WP says "DOS text conversion in progress", but it
- >>just sits there for minutes (or longer, I haven't waited) with
- >>no hard disk accesses or anything. I went through it with
- >>IBM Tech Support in Florida, and they were able to duplicate the problem,
- >>but it was kind of left as, "well, you should call back and see if
- >>there's any news, this report will be automatically erased in
- >>28 days." Didn't inspire too much confidence.
- >>
- >>There must be people running WP under OS/2. This seems like a
- >>pretty major bug. I hope this one isn't just erased after 28 days.
- >>Anybody out there have this problem? Or a work around for it?
- >>
- >
- > Tim- Wait 'til you try a merge! In about 15 minutes, it'll merge 5 or so
- > names into a letter. Incredibly slooooowwww. However, a work-around for
- > the problem you outlined. I have this happen too. Instead of using R or 1
- > for "Retrieve" document, highlight the document name in F5 (list files), then
- > press CTRL-F5, and then release. The document will come on screen rather
- > quickly (I believe this option was mentioned in some older wordperfect stuff
- > unrelated to OS/2 a few years back). It seems to retrieve with CR/LF as
- > a hard return. Don't have a work around for soft return yet. I just wish
- > the damn thing would work with a simple "R" from the List Files screen.
- >
- > Anyhow, best of luck. Oh, in the future, please post questions regarding
- > apps to the comp.os.os2.apps list instead of here on comp.os.os2.misc .
- > Hope this works for you!
- >
- > -Dennis Durby-
- > durby@aludra.usc.edu
- >
- >
- >
- I am using wordperfect for windows and although it is slow starting up
- it is quick once it is there. I merged 35 names and address into a letter in
- seconds. I haven't tried loading in big text documents. I do have a problem
- sometimes when I have looked at a document then closed it, from a OS/2 prompt
- it thinks I have it still locked. I cant't see it any where in WP and the only
- way to access it is to quit out of WP for windows.
- John
-