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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!news From: jfieber@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (John Fieber) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Word processor type application for freebsd/xwin Date: 14 May 1996 14:46:23 GMT Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4na6bv$ei1@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> References: <eng-sc.831390815@reef.cs.jcu.edu.au> <01bb407a.00618740$257847cc@quark.quanta.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 In-Reply-To: <01bb407a.00618740$257847cc@quark.quanta.com> To: Ross S. W. Walker <rsww@quanta.com> In article <01bb407a.00618740$257847cc@quark.quanta.com>, Ross S. W. Walker <rsww@quanta.com> writes: > There is Wordperfect for Linux out there that isn't too expensive > (though wp is massive). It requires Motif and I'm not sure if the > FreeBSD Linux emulation is capable of running it, but maybe someone > who has tried can give an answer on that. There is of course TeX! I believe that linux users running WordPerfect are running the SCO version which does in fact use Motif, but is statically linked so it matters not whether you have Motif. FreeBSD's sco emulation is not good enough to run the SCO WordPerfect. More precicely, it isn't good enough to run Globtrotter's Flexlm license server. The fact that the WordPerfect demo (which doesn't require the license server) runs is an indication that if the licence server problem is fixed, thin WordPerfect itself would be fine. I started to look at the problem, but using ktrace on the license manager causes a panic and reboot in the May 1st snapshot. Anyway, this is all a moot point for the original question which explicitly stated that WordPerfect was not an option due to cost. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================