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<address><email>rick@linuxmafia.com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<pubdate>1.3.5, 2002-10-04</pubdate>
<pubdate>1.4.0, 2003-01-07</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>2002</year>
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<para>Several things. In an era when leading word processors gobble dozens of megs of RAM just launching, WP (v. 8.x) is thrifty -- about 6 MB. By comparison, OpenOffice.org 1.0.1 or Star Office 6.0 takes 73 MB to launch. (On the other hand, AbiWord 1.02 also uses only 6 MB, and KWord 1.1.1 a moderate 17 MB.) It's a stable, fast, polished, full-featured product. It has "reveal codes". It has a nearly unique "shrink to fit" printing feature that quickly becomes indispensable once you've experienced it. WP's print module uses the MS-DOS version's time-tested, robust printer drivers by default, expanding greatly the range of compatible printers. (WP can alternatively hand off to standard Unix printing subsystems -- lpr/lprng/gnulpr/cups/pdq/etc. -- in "Passthru Postscript" mode.) It has excellent built-in mathematical, financial, logical, and string-handling functions. It has excellent table support and a useful speed-table-formatting feature. It has a robust built-in database engine for table sorting and searching.</para>
<para>It's still the best tool available on Linux for reading WordPerfect .wpd files created elsewhere. (AbiWord and wp2latex also qualify.)</para>
<para>It's still the best tool available on Linux for reading WordPerfect .wpd files created elsewhere. (AbiWord, Anyware Office, and wp2latex also qualify.)</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="whatswrong"><title>What's wrong with WordPerfect?</title>
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<para>WP 8.0 for Linux was mostly similar: The Server Edition and Personal Edition boxed-set versions were as detailed for prior versions. However, Corel also introduced a WP 8.0 Download Personal Edition, which could be downloaded free of charge as a gzipped tar archive, and was also redistributed for the cost of media on CD-ROMs, in either tar.gz or RPM format. In late 2001, Corel disabled download of WP 8.0 DPE from its ftp site, but it remains available elsewhere.</para>
<para>WP 8.0 DPE for Linux differed from the boxed-set versions in lacking the other versions' drawing/charting module, their module to create custom dictionaries and hyphenation databases, their equation editor, their network support, their print-queue manager, their prepaid technical support, their sample documents/templates/textures/clipart/photos, their font-installer module, most of their fonts, their multilanguage support, and their documentation. (The program could call up an HTML manual from <ulink url="http://linux.corel.com/wp8manual">http://linux.corel.com/wpmanual</ulink>, now removed.) Also, after 90 days, it refuses to run until you enter a registration key, available free of charge (for now) on a page linked from <ulink url="http://linux.corel.com/">http://linux.corel.com/</ulink> (or use one of the ones people have posted in public). Also, the licence permitted only personal, non-commercial use. Last, it was compiled dynamically linked against some now-obsolete libraries, which must thus be furnished for its benefit.</para>
<para>WP 8.0 DPE for Linux differed from the boxed-set versions in lacking the other versions' drawing/charting module, their module to create custom dictionaries and hyphenation databases, their equation editor, their network support, their print-queue manager, their prepaid technical support, their sample documents/templates/textures/clipart/photos, their font-installer module, most of their fonts, their multilanguage support, and their documentation. (The program could call up an HTML manual from <ulink url="http://linux.corel.com/wp8manual">http://linux.corel.com/wpmanual</ulink>, now removed.) Also, after 90 days, it refuses to run until you enter a registration key, available free of charge (for now) on a page linked from <ulink url="http://linux.corel.com/">http://linux.corel.com/</ulink> (or use one of the ones people have posted in public). Also, the licence permitted only personal, non-commercial use. Last, it was compiled dynamically linked against some now-obsolete libraries, which must thus be furnished for its benefit (prior to installation).</para>
<para>Balanced against these drawbacks is supplies of 8.0 DPE being effectively inexhaustible -- despite legal questions.</para>
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<sect2 id="wontinstall"><title>WP 8.0 DPE for Linux installs but won't start on my Linux distribution. How do I fix that?</title>
<para>WP 8.0 for Linux was distributed as a dynamically linked binary, linked against the libc (C library), libm (the related math library), and ld-linux.so.1.9.*/ld.so-1.9.*, the dynamic-linker software current on Linux at that time. Those old libraries are often omitted from current Linux distributions. In such cases, you need to retrofit those libraries. (You can see the exact library links by running "ldd" = list library dependencies against the WordPerfect "xwp" main executable file.) You need to install ld-linux.so.1.9.* and ld.so-1.9.* (both usually in an ld.so package), libc of some version from 5.3.12 through 5.4.46, and libm.so.5.* (both usually in the libc5 package). Don't forget to ensure the libraries' directory is in /etc/ld.so.conf, and then re-run /sbin/ldconfig.</para>
<para>WP 8.0 for Linux was distributed as a dynamically linked binary, linked against libc5 (C library), libm (the related math library), a set of five X11 libraries for libc5-based software, and ld-linux.so.1.9.*, the dynamic-linker software current on Linux at that time. Those old libraries are often omitted from current Linux distributions. In such cases, you need to retrofit those libraries. (You can see the exact library links by running "ldd" = list library dependencies against the WordPerfect "xwp" main executable file.) Specificaly: Prior to running the WP 8.0 installer, you must install ld-linux.so.1.9.* (usually in an ld.so package), libc of some version from 5.3.12 through 5.4.46, and libm.so.5.* (both usually in the libc5 package), and a set of X11 backward-compatibility libraries compiled against libc5 (libXt.so.6, libX11.so.6, libXpm.so.4, libSM.so.6, and libICE.so.6). Don't forget to ensure the libraries' directory is in /etc/ld.so.conf, and then re-run /sbin/ldconfig.</para>
<para>What binary packages these libs and dynamic loader will occupy differs between distributions. If in doubt, documents linked from <ulink url="http://linux-sxs.org/edit.html">http://linux-sxs.org/edit.html</ulink> may give details for your distribution.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="segfault"><title>How do I stop the WP 8.x installer from getting diagnostic message "../install.wp: [: 18-10: integer expression expected" followed a short while later by termination with a Segmentation Fault error?</title>
<sect2 id="acceleratedx"><title>WP 8.0 DPE for Linux installs perfectly, and runs fine for the root user, but quits with a segmentation fault if any non-root user starts it. What's the cause?</title>
<para>You installed Accelerated X, a proprietary X11 server, and included in your installation its version of the X11 libraries, which were compiled with glibc. You need the more-traditional XFree86 versions of those libraries (libXt.so.6, libX11.so.6, libXpm.so.4, libSM.so.6, and libICE.so.6), specifically ones that were compiled for libc5 X11 clients. Remove Accelerated-X completely, reinstall the XFree86 shared libraries for libc5 clients (which may have any of various package names, such as xlib-compat, oldlibs/xlib6, etc.), and then reinstall the Accelerated-X server only (minimal installation). WordPerfect should then run correctly.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="libsafe"><title>How do I stop the WP 8.x installer from getting diagnostic message "../install.wp: [: 18-10: integer expression expected" followed a short while later by termination with a Segmentation Fault error?</title>
<para>You are running with "libsafe" enabled, a wrapper library that aims to protect system security by blocking library calls that are known to be vulnerable to buffer overflows. Unfortunately, that technique blocks execution of any binary that attempts a dynamic library call to libc5.x. Both the WP 8.x installer and WP 8.0's runtime binary were compiled as libc5 executables.</para>
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<sect2 id="nfs"><title>How do I fix the WP 8.x installer's failures resulting from errors copying files onto my NFS network drive?</title>
<para>You're using one of the personal editions of WP 8.x. Only the server editions include code required to enable support of NFS file locking (which in server editions you can enable via the WPadmin login facility). Otherwise, neither the installer nor the WP program binary will run if any components are on (or will be installed to) any NFS mounted drive, including user settings in users' home directories and temporary files in /tmp.</para>
<para>You're probably using one of the personal editions of WP 8.x. Only the server editions include code required to enable support of NFS file locking (which in server editions you can enable via the WPadmin login facility). Otherwise, neither the installer nor the WP program binary will run if any components are on (or will be installed to) any NFS mounted drive, including user settings in users' home directories and temporary files in /tmp.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="fitrix"><title>How do I fix MS-Word import/export filters (the Filtrix module) on WP 8.x for Linux?</title>
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<para>The filenames listed are for the default US English version: The filenames for other localisations are included on <ulink url="http://content.443.ch/pub/linfiles/Gnusoft/wordperfect8/Readme.html">http://content.443.ch/pub/linfiles/Gnusoft/wordperfect8/Readme.html</ulink>, and download sources for all nine localisation archives are noted above.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="fix8"><title>After I locate WP 8.0 DPE for Linux, what can I do to improve and fix it?</title>
<sect2 id="fix8"><title>After I locate WP 8.0 DPE for Linux, how do I install it, and what can I do to improve and fix it?</title>
<para>Your first challenge may be to unpack it. You'll have no problem with the (rare) RPM archive, but the gzipped tarballs (either a single-piece archive named GUILG00.gz, 23 MB, or seven smaller archives named GUILG00.gz through GUILG06.gz) will appear a little puzzling: Despite having a .gz extension (only), they are in fact gzipped tarballs. Further, they un-tar right into the current directory, rather than creating a container directory. Corel grotesquely botched the packaging. If in doubt, use the Linux "file" utility to determine what you're working with.</para>
<para>Your first challenge may be to unpack it. You'll have no problem with the (rare) RPM archive, but the gzipped tarballs (either a single-piece archive named GUILG00.gz, 23 MB, or seven smaller archives named GUILG00.gz through GUILG06.gz) will appear a little puzzling: Despite having a .gz extension (only), they are in fact gzipped tarballs. Further, they un-tar right into the current directory, rather than creating a container directory. Corel grotesquely botched the packaging. However, note that some sites will have repacked the contents (variously), often out of a desire to correct Corel's error. Therefore, when in doubt, use the Linux "file" utility to determine what you're working with.</para>
<para>After unpacking (along with reading the Readme file and running ./Runme as directed), you'll have to furnish the dynamic libraries WP 8.x requires: ld-linux.so.1.9.5, ld.so-1.9.5, libc-5.3.12 through 5.4.46, and libm.so.5.*. These will probably be optional packages for your distribution, not installed by default. You'll also want to apply Valentijn Sessink's wrapper to fix the "Filtrix" MS-Word import/export module, available at <ulink url="http://olivier.pk.wau.nl/~valentyn/wp8fix/">http://olivier.pk.wau.nl/~valentyn/wp8fix/</ulink>.</para>
<para>After unpacking (and reading the Readme file), you'll have to furnish the dynamic libraries WP 8.x requires: ld-linux.so.1.9.5, libc5 (any version from 5.3.12 through 5.4.46) with matching libm.so.5.*, and a set of X11 backwards-compatibility libraries compiled for libc5 X11 clients (libXt.so.6, libX11.so.6, libXpm.so.4, libSM.so.6, and libICE.so.6). These will probably be optional packages for your distribution, not installed by default. Only then should you run "sh Runme", as directed by the Readme. Caveat: If some of the libs are not present, you may think installation has succeeded, but will then encounter any of a variety of strange symptoms. Therefore, make certain, as follows:</para>
<para>In an X11 terminal, do "su -" to become the root user temporarily. Type "ldconfig -v | grep libc.so.5", which must show some libc version from 5.3.12 through 5.4.46. Type "ldconfig -v | grep libm.so.5". This must show a libm version of 5*. Type "ldconfig -v | grep libXt.so.6", which must show some libXt version of 6.0*. Type "ldconfig -v | grep libX11.so.6", which must show some libX11 version of 6.1*. Type "ldconfig -v | grep libXpm.so.4", which must show some libXpm version of 4.11*. Type "ldconfig -v | grep libSM.so.6", which must show some libSM.so.6.0*. Type "ldconfig -v | grep libICE.so.6", which must show some libICE.so.6.3*. Type "ldconfig -v | grep ld-linux.so.1". This must return a ld-linux version of 1.*. Type "ldconfig -v | grep libsafe", which ideally will show null results. (If not, see section "How do I stop the WP 8.x installer from getting diagnostic message '../install.wp: [: 18-10: integer expression expected' followed a short while later by termination with a Segmentation Fault error?") You've now confirmed that necessary libraries are installed and known to the dynamic loader. (Unfortunately, the five X11 libraries found by the above process might be compiled for glibc clients, not libc5 ones. A good sign is if you get two lines of return values for each of the five ldconfig lines: That shows that you have both glibc and libc5 versions of the X11 libs installed.)</para>
<para>Now, as your last action with root-user authority, do "mkdir /opt/wp8" followed by "chown yourself /opt/wp8", where yourself is your regular non-root login. Last, type "exit" (or Ctrl-D) to exit the root-user shell and revert to your regular non-root login. (Root authority should never be used for software installer routines if there's another way, as there is here.) You can now proceed with invoking the WP 8.0 DPE installation script ("sh Runme"). You'll almost certainly be warned that your Linux kernel is "not certified". (This is OK.) When prompted for an installation directory, specify /opt/wp8. On the "Existing Application" screen, you don't need to provide "the pathname of an existing application". On the Select WordPerfect Printer Drivers screen, you should select all printer types you expect to want to print to, but will be able to revisit this selection later. (See section "How do I get printing to work?".) </para>
<para>Afterwards, you'll want to apply Valentijn Sessink's wrapper to fix the "Filtrix" MS-Word import/export module, available at <ulink url="http://olivier.pk.wau.nl/~valentyn/wp8fix/">http://olivier.pk.wau.nl/~valentyn/wp8fix/</ulink>. You might also want to put a three-line shell script in /usr/local/bin to start xwp by cd'ing to /opt/wp8/wpbin and then running ./xwp. Otherwise, it'll be necessary to type "/opt/wp8/wpbin/xwp" to start the program.</para>
<para>Last, in lieu of the on-line manual Corel has removed from <ulink url="http://linux.corel.com/wp8manual">http://linux.corel.com/wp8manual</ulink>, you'll want to bookmark some sites as a partial substitute:</para>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://linux.corel.com/support/html/9201.htm">http://linux.corel.com/support/html/9201.htm</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.rodsbooks.com/wpfonts/">http://www.rodsbooks.com/wpfonts/</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://olivier.pk.wau.nl/~valentyn/wp8fix/">http://olivier.pk.wau.nl/~valentyn/wp8fix/</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://control-escape.com/wp8.html">http://control-escape.com/wp8.html</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://users.erols.com/mdinolfo/wp8linux.htm">http://users.erols.com/mdinolfo/wp8linux.htm</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1998-12-21-012-10-NW-SW">http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1998-12-21-012-10-NW-SW</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://linux-sxs.org/edit.html">http://linux-sxs.org/edit.html</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://linux-sxs.org/wp8.html">http://linux-sxs.org/wp8.html</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.libranet.com/support/view.cgi?item=WP8Libranet2.html">http://www.libranet.com/support/view.cgi?item=WP8Libranet2.html</ulink></para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="redistribute"><title>Given that Corel has ceased publishing it, is redistribution of WP 8.0 DPE for Linux still legal?</title>
<sect2 id="redistribute"><title>Given that Corel has ceased publishing it, is redistribution of WP 8.0 DPE for Linux still lawful?</title>
<para>That question really divides into two cases, distributors who secured a specific grant of redistribution rights from Corel and those who didn't. If you examine WP 8.0 DPE copies downloaded from <ulink url="http://linux.corel.com/products/linuxproducts_wp8_downloadlinks.htm">http://linux.corel.com/products/linuxproducts_wp8_downloadlinks.htm</ulink> and elsewhere (including CD-ROM WP 8 copies, boxed-set versions of SuSE Linux through 6.1, etc.), you'll notice its licence omits the right to redistribute, and says the recipient's licence is non-transferrable. Copyright law reserves distribution rights to a work's copyright owner, by default. So, strictly speaking, redistributing WP 8.0 DPE without explicit permission violates Corel's copyright.</para>
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<sect2 id="upfont8"><title>How can I add more fonts to WP 8.0 DPE?</title>
<para>You can't. The font-installer utility ("xwpfi") was deliberately omitted from WP 8.0 DPE to differentiate it from the boxed sets and motivate you to upgrade to the latter. It's possible you might be able to grab that utility from another edition of WP 6, 7, or 8.x, but that would almost certainly be copyright violation.</para>
<para>You can't. The font-installer utility ("xwpfi") was deliberately omitted from WP 8.0 DPE to differentiate it from the boxed sets and motivate you to upgrade to the latter. It's possible you might be able to grab that utility from another edition of WP 6, 7, or 8.x, but that would almost certainly be copyright violation (though maybe not if that older version is a lawful copy and used nowhere else).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="uplang8"><title>How do I add additional language files (other than US English) to WP 8.0 DPE?</title>
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<sect2 id="install81"><title>How do I install WP 8.1 (from a CLOS boxed set) on some other Linux distribution?</title>
<para>The main file you'll need from the CLOS boxed-set CD-ROM is a 40 MB one called wp-full_8.1-nn_i386.deb, where "nn" is the package version number, which will depend on the vintage of CLOS you have (and doesn't matter much). On any .deb-based distribution (such as Debian, CLOS, Xandros Desktop, Libranet, Stormix, Progeny, Lindows, etc.), just do "dpkg -i packagename", as usual. WP probably won't be auto-added to your distribution's menus: The startup binary is "xwp".</para> <para>On other distributions, you can use Joey Hess's "alien" utility to create an approximately equivalent RPM package, a Slackware .tgz package, a Solaris .pkg package, or a Stampede Linux .slp package. Alternatively, you can use the standard "ar" archive utility to pull apart the .deb file and install the pieces manually. The HOWTO documents linked from <ulink url="http://linux-sxs.org/edit.html">http://linux-sxs.org/edit.html</ulink> will probably help, there.</para> <para>CLOS Deluxe Edition also includes three .deb packages of PostScript Type 1 fonts (fonts-16_1.0-5.deb, fonts-69_1.0-4.deb, and fonts-115_1.0-4.deb), which are likewise useful on other Linux distributions. CLOS Standard Edition differs only in omitting the second two fonts packages mentioned. (You may also want the type1inst_0.6.1-6_i386.deb package, if you don't already have the Type 1 Font Installer utility.) On CLOS, they install to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ , making them available to the system generally. You can either convert the .debs as detailed above for WP itself, or grab the font files from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/.</para>
<para>The main file you'll need from the CLOS boxed-set CD-ROM is a 40 MB one called wp-full_8.1-nn_i386.deb, where "nn" is the package version number, which will depend on the vintage of CLOS you have (and doesn't matter much). On any .deb-based distribution (such as Debian, CLOS, Xandros Desktop, Libranet, Stormix, Progeny, LindowsOS, etc.), just do "dpkg -i packagename", as usual. WP probably won't be auto-added to your distribution's menus: The startup binary is "xwp".</para> <para>On other distributions, you can use Joey Hess's "alien" utility to create an approximately equivalent RPM package, a Slackware .tgz package, a Solaris .pkg package, or a Stampede Linux .slp package. Alternatively, you can use the standard "ar" archive utility to pull apart the .deb file and install the pieces manually. The HOWTO documents linked from <ulink url="http://linux-sxs.org/edit.html">http://linux-sxs.org/edit.html</ulink> will probably help, there.</para> <para>CLOS Deluxe Edition also includes three .deb packages of PostScript Type 1 fonts (fonts-16_1.0-5.deb, fonts-69_1.0-4.deb, and fonts-115_1.0-4.deb), which are likewise useful on other Linux distributions. CLOS Standard Edition differs only in omitting the second two fonts packages mentioned. (You may also want the type1inst_0.6.1-6_i386.deb package, if you don't already have the Type 1 Font Installer utility.) On CLOS, they install to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ , making them available to the system generally. You can either convert the .debs as detailed above for WP itself, or grab the font files from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/.</para>
<para>Font-addition procedures within WP 8.1 itself are covered in the next FAQ item.</para>
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<para>Proprietary (see also Chris Browne's <ulink url="http://cbbrowne.com/info/wplcomm.html">http://cbbrowne.com/info/wplcomm.html</ulink>):</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Sun Microsystems <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/staroffice/">Star Office</ulink> suite's StarWriter word processor. Very full featured, high degree of Microsoft compatibility. Large, slow. GTK+-based. No .wpd support in the Linux version.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Sun Microsystems <ulink url="http://www.sun.com/staroffice/">Star Office</ulink> very comprehensive office suite's StarWriter word processor. Very full featured, high degree of Microsoft compatibility. Large; slow-loading, but then performs OK. GTK+-based. No .wpd support in the Linux version.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>VistaSource Software <ulink url="http://www.vistasource.com/page.php?id=7">Anyware Office / Anyware Desktop</ulink> suite's (was Applix's ApplixWare Office) Anyware Words word processor. Moderately good all-round office suite with a long history in the Unix world. OK performance, stable, good MS doc compatibility. Motif-based. Includes .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>HancomLinux, Inc. <ulink url="http://en.hancom.com/">Hancom Office</ulink> suite's Hancom Word word processor. Qt-based. Good MS doc compatibility. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Quadraton Systems, Inc. <ulink url="http://www.dr-quad.com/cliqword.htm">CliqWord</ulink>. Character-based (console) office automation software. Listed here only because Chris Browne includes it, as I'm not at all sure it belongs in this category. No import/export facilities whatsoever that I can confirm.</para></listitem>
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<para>Open Source (see also Chris Browne's <ulink url="http://cbbrowne.com/info/wp.html">http://cbbrowne.com/info/wp.html</ulink>):</para>
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<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</ulink> suite's Writer word processor (derived from Star Office). GTK+-based. Large, slow. Supports MS-Word, StarWriter, RTF, and a few other formats. Excellent MS doc compatibility. No .wpd support. (They need to borrow code from AbiWord!)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org</ulink> very comprehensive office suite's Writer word processor (derived from Star Office). GTK+-based. Large; slow-loading, but then performs OK. Supports MS-Word, StarWriter, RTF, and a few other formats. Excellent MS doc compatibility. No integrated .wpd support, yet, but there's a project to develop a filter at <ulink url="http://wp.openoffice.org/">http://wp.openoffice.org/</ulink>, and, more immediately useful, a third-party filter and .wpd-handling library at <ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/">http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>SOT Finnish Software Engineering Ltd. <ulink url="http://www.sot.com/en/linux/soto/">SOT Office 2002</ulink> suite's SOT Office Writer. Based on OpenOffice.org, adding some software enhancements (added spelling checker and hyphenation dictionaries, templates, commercial support, enhanced on-line help and PDF manual). Available in a boxed set with printed docs. All other remarks about OpenOffice.org also apply here.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>SourceGear Corporation <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/">AbiWord</ulink>. GTK+-based. Table support is only now being added. Fast, light, stable. Supports MS-Word, Anyware Words/Applix Words, AbiWord, RTF, WordPerfect .wpd, Microsoft Write, DocBook, XHTML, and many other formats. Excellent MS doc compatibility.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>SourceGear Corporation <ulink url="http://www.abisource.com/">AbiWord</ulink>. GTK+-based. Table support is only now being added. Fast, light, stable. Supports MS-Word, Anyware Words/Applix Words, AbiWord, RTF, WordPerfect .wpd, Microsoft Write, DocBook, XHTML, and many other formats. Excellent MS doc compatibility. There's an alternate third-party .wpd filter and library available for AbiWord at <ulink url="http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/">http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>KDE KOffice suite's <ulink url="http://koffice.kde.org/kword/">KWord</ulink> word processor. Frame-oriented. Qt-based. Supports MS-Word, Anyware Words/Applix Words, AbiWord formats. Medium-good MS doc compatibility. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>SIAG Office suite's <ulink url="http://siag.nu/pw/">Pathetic Writer</ulink> word processor. Supports RTF. Supports MS-Word via WVware. Athena-based. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.eeyore-mule.demon.co.uk/">Maxwell</ulink> word processor. Motif-based (not yet LessTif). Supports RTF. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.eeyore-mule.demon.co.uk/">Maxwell</ulink> word processor. Motif-based (not yet LessTif). Supports RTF. No .wpd support. Inactive project since 1998, though one of the three past maintainers speaks of an intention to make one final release merging various fixes and transitioning from Maxwell's native binary data format to RTF.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.oksid.ch/flwriter/">FLWriter</ulink> (Fast Light Writer). XHTML file format with UTF-8 encoding, excellent multilanguage support, spelling checker. Exports RTF 1.5. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.nllgg.nl/Ted/">Ted</ulink>. Simple word processor similar in spirit to MS-Windows's WordPad. RTF is native format. Motif/LessTif-based. Supports PDF, PostScript. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>CMU <ulink url="http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~AUIS/">Andrew User Interface System</ulink> (auis) package's EZ editor mode. Uses a well-thought-out system of ASCII + style/template markup. Supports RTF. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.lyx.org/">LyX</ulink> (slick graphical front-end to LaTeX). Implements ASCII + TeX markup in a quasi-WYSIWYG graphical environment. You write structured documents (discussed below), but the process is made graphical and fairly easy. Produces reliable, high-quality output. Excellent built-in help. Supports LinuxDoc, DocBook, LaTeX, PostScript, DVI, ASCII. Xforms or Qt-based, with GTK+ integration pending. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>CMU <ulink url="http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~AUIS/">Andrew User Interface System</ulink> (auis) package's EZ editor mode. Uses a well-thought-out system of ASCII + style/template markup. Supports RTF. No .wpd support. Development seems to have ceased as of 1997 (arguably because it meets its design goals).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.lyx.org/">LyX</ulink> (slick graphical front-end to LaTeX). Implements ASCII + TeX markup in a quasi-WYSIWYG graphical environment. You write structured documents (discussed below), but the process is made graphical and fairly easy. Produces reliable, high-quality output. Excellent built-in help. Supports LinuxDoc, DocBook, LaTeX, PostScript, DVI, ASCII. XForms or Qt-based, with GTK+ integration pending. No .wpd support.</para></listitem>
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<para>The last item listed, LyX, is an intriguing hybrid of GUI word processor features and classic Unix-type document processing. The latter is often dismissed in the business world as powerful and professional but too arcane -- but LyX makes it accessible.</para>