Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 14:23:42 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Mike Jackson <muck@ida.net>, "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WordPerfect 8.0 For Linux works :-) Message-ID: <19981219142342.G24125@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981218191723.064c4680@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 07:28:33PM -0700 References: <4.1.19981218190442.06d2c190@mail.lariat.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812171134560.19059-100000@harlie.bfd.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812181857050.250-100000@falcon.hinterlands. <4.1.19981218190442.06d2c190@mail.lariat.org> <19981219124134.S486@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981218191723.064c4680@mail.lariat.org>
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On Friday, 18 December 1998 at 19:28:33 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 12:41 PM 12/19/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> How about writing (and posting) a script >> >> Well, the correct way to do this is with a port > > Possibly. It'd be even nicer if Corel would allow > the free version to be a package. Jordan, could > you step forward and ask Corel's CEO about this? It'd be nice. I seriously doubt that Corel would do it, but I don't suppose it would harm to ask. > On the other hand, what if the user has bought > the non-free intermediate or professional versions > of the product? (One of the things they include in > these versions, as I understand it, is a nice > collection of Adobe Type 1 fonts -- the same ones > they distribute with Ventura.) We'd want something > that tweaks the installation of the CD-ROM versions. As I said, it's trivial. I would expect that the same port could do them all. >>> that invokes the installer >> >> There's nothing special there, except that it has this crazy DOS-based >> idea of letting you decide where the binaries go. > > Well, as I understand it, when you download the files, the case of > the file names comes out wrong. It'd be nice to fix this. Yes, Mike said something about the multi-file version. The DOS origin of the software shows in a number of places. >>> and BRANDS THE BINARIES? >> >> Not required. > > So far, I've never encountered a Linux binary that ran reliably under > FreeBSD unless it was branded. Well, then take a look at WordPerfect. There are two possibilities: either it works from the beginning, in which case it doesn't need branding, or it doesn't work, in which case branding might help. This one works from the beginning. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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