- Subject: Re: WP7 and Linux
- From: Kerry Ward <sgml@corel.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 14:33:58 -0600
- Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml
- Organization: Another Netscape Collabra Server User
- References: <35BFA181.2B2D6B0C@no-lemur-spam.com>
The SGML component is not available for WP7 - Linux. It is only available
on the Win95 and Win3.1 platforms. I do not believe there are any plans to
include it for WP8 - Linux.
Kerry Ward
XML/SGML Development Team Lead
Corel Corp.
David M. MacMillan wrote:
David M. MacMillan wrote:
> My apologies if this is a naive question.
>
> I'm investigating ways in which I can make SGML (TEI/TEIlite)
> documents available for editing and output in a GUI environment
> in both Linux and Windows95. (At present these docs are maintained
> in a non-GUI fashion under UNIX using sgmls and CoST.)
>
> One of the possibilities that I've been exploring is WordPerfect.
> I've run WP8 on Win95, and its SGML mode seems adequate for my
> purposes.
>
> WP7 is available for Linux, and since I was under the impression
> that WP7 supported SGML, I thought this might be a solution.
> However, on downloading the WP7 for Linux demo, I cannot find any
> SGML mode or SGML features in it.
>
> I had thought that WP7 supported SGML. Is this true only of
> the Win95 versions? Is there something I'm missing with the
> WP7/Linux version? If they're not there, is there any reason to believe
> that SGML capabilities might be added to WP8/Linux when it arrives?
>
> All comments are welcome here (including suggestions as to other
> ways I might handle my original problem, Linux&Win95 GUI SGML).
>
> Thanks much!
>
> David M. MacMillan
> dmm@lemur.com