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- From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
- Subject: Re: How bad is WordPerfect 5.1
- Organization: Open Age, Inc.
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 01:07:35 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.010735.1200@openage.openage.com>
- References: <0105002B.clqngw@digtype.airage.com> <1992Sep09.004257.3931@nds.com>
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- brian@nds.com (Brian Dockter) writes:
-
- >Jeff@digtype.airage.com (Jeff Wasilko) writes:
- >:
- >: A while ago, there was a very negative discussion of WordPerfect (maybe
- >: 5.0?). Now, WordPerfect has released 5.1, which supposedly supports
- >: Xwindows in addition to character terminals.
- >:
- >: As I recall, much of the problems centered around WordPerfect's abuse
- >: of the unix spooler system. Has this changed? Should I consider WP
- >: 5.1 now?
-
- >I can best summarize our opinion of WP5.1 with one word:
-
- > SSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!
-
- >An example which might illustrate its potential slowness is a simple
- >cursor movement (text, not graphic cursor). When you are near the
- >bottom of the page, each movement of the cursor with the arrow keys
- >causes the entire page to be redrawn on the screen.
-
- >There are also bugs with the X implementation. Portions of the screen are
- >never redrawn or redrawn in the wrong size.
-
- >In order to make WP useable for us, we use the XTerm interface.
-
- >I hope they fix these problems soon, I really do like WP.
-
- I know WP5.0 with WPTERM=gui_color is slower than molassas in winter, but
- I've seen WP51, and it is much better. WP51 for UNIX isn't out yet, as
- far as I know, but I only follow SCO versions. I saw it at SCO Forum last
- month, and it looked fast and fine.
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