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- From: robertson@physc1.byu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Word Perfect under OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.225842.125@physc1.byu.edu>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 04:58:42 GMT
- References: <568RPB1w164w@gorilla.nbn.com> <l96cq1INN4dl@aludra.usc.edu> <1992Aug21.104657.443@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- Organization: Brigham Young University
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- In article <1992Aug21.104657.443@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>, regy106@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (John, Registry) writes:
- > 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
-
- I use Wordperfect for Dos and Wordperfect for Windows. Like John
- says the initial startup is a little long, but I have made tables,
- edited the lines of an entire table, loaded the gcc manual (900+k),
- and loaded a graphics intensive 12 page document (1,200k), without
- any problems into both Windows and Dos version. I would call WP
- if I were you and describe your system. They have given me excellent
- assistance in the past. (If you have WP4Win, do you have the
- interim release that makes it more compatible for OS/2).
-
- Jim robertson@physc1.byu.edu
-