[BCLUG] WordPerfect 7 for UNIX, running perfectly happily in a Linux terminal in 2022

BCLUG admin at bclug.ca
Thu Jul 21 04:05:14 EDT 2022


For those among us with fond memories of WordPerfect, ... it's back.


Tavis Ormandy of Google Project Zero fame has ported the Unix version to
Linux and released a *.deb:

> https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/20/wordperfect_for_unix_for_linux




>
>  LibreOffice happily opens and converts WordPerfect format files.
> 



(Really wish Thunderbird supported hidden codes, it's been mysteriously
breaking my sentences, converting to/from quote blocks for NO apparent
reason.)


> Realistically, though, it is probably easier to use DOS WordPerfect 
> in DOSemu or similar.





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