text editing with speakup

[White, Matt]

You are not missing anything here.  Furthermore, WordPerfect uses a
non-textual interface even though it is not a X application rendering it
completely useless.

<quote who="Chuck Hallenbeck">
> Seems to me that Word Perfect for Linux, if it existed, would
> have the same problem that all proprietary software has: i.e., it
> uses a proprietary format that assumes the availability of Word
> Perfect for anyone wishing to work with the document. I know you
> can make plain text files with WP, but why bother to use WP if
> you want to make plain text files? What are the advantages of
> Word Perfect for Linux that would be worth the limitations of a
> proprietary file format?
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
>
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, jude dashiell wrote:
>
>> Only version of that I've ever run into came on infomagic disks and
>> would need gnome or kde or some other form of x to run it.  It's for
>> that reason I'd not use wp under Linux or even have it take up disk
>> space here.
>>
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