5.0432 Responses: Word Perfect; Spanish W/P (4/97)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 5 Nov 1991 17:30:35 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0432. Tuesday, 5 Nov 1991.
(1) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 91 21:46:00 EST (19 lines)
From: Joseph Galron <jgalron@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0423 NQ: W/Ps, etc.
(2) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 91 08:53:00 PST (34 lines)
From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu
Subject: Spanish word processing
(3) Date: Mon, 04 Nov 91 14:01:47 MST (24 lines)
From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0423 Word Processing
(4) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1991 08:17 +0800 (20 lines)
From: "Tze-wan KWAN, Philosophy Dept., CUHK, Hongkong" <B071767@CUCSC>
Subject: WordPerfect List
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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 91 21:46:00 EST(5) (13 lines)
From: Joseph Galron <jgalron@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0423 NQ: ... W/Ps, etc. (11/159)
There is a list on internet's Newsnet: bit.listserv.wp50-l
I believe this list is also available on bitnet.
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 91 08:53:00 PST
From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu
Subject: Spanish word processing
WordPerfect and PC-Write can both handle the accents with ease.
WordPerfect has a macro previously mentioned that allows the creation of
any accented character found in extended ASCII with one of four keys,
and PC-Write has a dead key system and permits the mapping of any key by
the user.
Spellchecking: Jet:Spell is (I believe) a stand-alone program that
offers French, Spanish and German dictionaries. My impression is that
PC-Write will not work with a built-in French spellchecker because it
refuses to recognize a word beginning with a vowel without its preceding
single letter article or pronoun. Thus "orage" would not be recognized
when written as "l'orage" and "aime" would not be recognized when
written as "je n'aime pas". On the other hand, PC-Write allows the
creation of a German spellchecker from any list one can find. The
problem is in finding a list that represents an appropriate word
frequency. I downloaded one from the University of Konstanz which
obviously was appropriate for technical users, but inappropriate for
literary studies.
Grammar checkers: I have come across _GramR_ for French, but was not
impressed by its capabilities (agreement between the past participle and
the preceding direct object pronoun was not recognized, for example).
However, that was six months ago, which can be a long time in software
development.
WordPerfect list: There are several lists devoted to WordPerfect, one
of them based in Holland. The listing can be found by using the LIST
GLOBAL command sent to any LISTSERV.
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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 91 14:01:47 MST
From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0423 Word Perfect List
A recent inquirer asked about Word Perfect lists. There is a list
called wp50-L that covers the WP versions 5.0 and 5.1. I lasted two
days on it and do NOT recommend it, although I am a very heavy email
and WP user. The list carries over 100 messages on a typical day.
At least half of the traffic is about things for which the proper answer
is RTFM. At least a quarter of them are so esoteric that they should
go to the WP help line in Utah (I am running version 4.2 on a DEC Rainbow
with a 4 color PaintJet, under DOS 2.1, and the green stuff comes out
red instead....how come?). Try it at your own risk, but be sure you have
lots of mail room to handle the traffic.
dan
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1991 08:17 +0800
From: "Tze-wan KWAN, Philosophy Dept., CUHK, Hongkong" <B071767@CUCSC.BITNET>
Subject: WordPerfect List
>From: nubo001@convex.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (H. Borchers)
>Subject: Wordperfect List
>
>Does anyone know of a discussion list devoted to the exchange of information
>about WORDPERFECT? If so, how does one join it?
>
>Hans Borchers
>University of Tuebingen
Yes indeed! I located three such lists which might be one and the same.
Tze-wan Kwan
Department of Philosophy
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, NT
Email: B071767@CUCSC
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