Re: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! (fwd)
My WP8 installation is up and working.
Herein a few cautions are passed along, learned during setting up on my
Dell Inspiron Laptop, which is a dual boot Win95 Linux.
1) Do gunzip and tar -xvf the files in some Linux directory like /tmp
Unpacking in a DOS/Win95 partition is inadequate because a /readme
directory cannot be formed after prior unpacking of a Readme file.
2) Do leave a copy of the tarred files in /tmp while installing with
./Runme as they are still needed even though unpacked in /tmp and
subdirectories
3) the correct start command is the xwp within the wpbin directory
tree -d /usr/local/lib/wp8
/usr/local/lib/wp8
|-- shbin10
|-- shlib10
| `-- fonts
|-- wpbin
|-- wpexpdocs
|-- wpgraphics
|-- wplearn
|-- wplib
| `-- dt
| `-- appconfig
| |-- appmanager
| | `-- C
| | `-- WordPerfect_8
| |-- help
| |-- icons
| | `-- C
| `-- types
| `-- C
`-- wpmacros
`-- us
4) the attached file capsules some exchanges on the dc-lug newsgroup on
how to implement command line options.
MarvSftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/greg-pryzby/GUILG00.GZ
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The only downfall to this is you can't pass command line parameters.
How about
#!/bin/sh
/opt/wp/wpbin/xwp $@
very good! in fact, i'm going to change the script... can i use your tip
in the second edition of Teach Yourself Linux? (i'll give you credit)...
--
josh - quite true... although i don't need cmd-line opts for wp, perhaps:
/opt/wp/wpbin/xwp $1 $2 $3 $4 $5
would be better?
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Better yet:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/opt/wp/wpbin:$PATH
export PATH
exec xwp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
## NOTREACHED ##
The [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the precise notation for adding in all parameters
exactly as
they came in, and not failing if there are none even if you have set -u on.
$@ within double quotes has special meaning, the double quotes are needed
in most shell implementations.
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One thing that I had to add to mine is an extra statement to remove the
environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH. When I run xwp with a setting for
that variable, I get a seg fault. Removing the variable setting though
works fine.
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OK, and there's been some noise on BUGTRAQ about some stuff wp likes to
create in /tmp
(world-writable files, dirs, follows sym links, the usual stuff). So here's
another script to cover the
concerns so far. I just posted this to BUGTRAQ, maybe it'll show up, maybe
not. But my thanks to Billy,
Bruce, and David for their ideas.
#!/bin/sh
# Set $TMPDIR to ~/tmp if the user doesn't already have a TMPDIR variable
if [ ${TMPDIR} = ]; then
#Niermi says: This will break for some values of TMPDIR, the ideal way to do
this is:
# if [ -z ${TMPDIR-} ]; then
TMPDIR=${HOME}/tmp
fi
if [ ! -d ${TMPDIR} ]; then
# Need to make a new directory
TMPDIR_TEST=error
/bin/mkdir ${TMPDIR} TMPDIR_TEST=ok
if [ ${TMPDIR_TEST} != ok ]; then
/bin/echo Unable to create safe tmp directory ${TMPDIR}
exit 1
fi
/bin/chmod o= ${TMPDIR}
fi
# Set $TMPDIR for the wpc-$HOSTNAME junk
export TMPDIR
# Clear LD_LIBRARY_PATH to prevent reported seg faults
LD_LIBRARY_PATH= export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# Set the PATH and exec the app, passing any command-line args
PATH=${PATH}:/path/to/wordperfect/wpbin export PATH
exec xwp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:47:59 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux mail-out [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! Corel is pleased to announce that the Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® free download will be available tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 17), exclusively from CNET at http://www.download.com! When we started this project, we anticipated that there was a strong demand by the Linux community for powerful applications like Corel WordPerfect; the overwhelming responseover 60,000 Linux users preregistered for the free downloadreaffirms that belief. Available in six languages, the Download Edition is a fully functional version of the award-winning Corel WordPerfect 8 and includes online help, import/export filters and more. In addition, the Personal Edition of Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux will be available in early 1999. This version includes all of the features of the Download Edition as well as many extras, including fonts, clipart, templates and more. A Server Edition for Linux and UNIX® will also be available in early 1999. Corel Computer's NetWinder Server and desktop solutions are fast, reliable and feature-rich and offer many potential benefits, including increased productivity and cost savings. Visit http://www.corelcomputer.com, or call us toll-free at 1-877-282-6735 to find out how you can take advantage of NetWinder Power. Also remember to visit our Linux community site at http://linux.corel.com for the latest information on these and other Corel product releases for Linux. Once again, thank you for your continued support! Sincerely, The Linux Team --- You are currently subscribed to linux8 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! (fwd)
Dear Jason and Jill, Any idea what time it will become available? It's already Thursday on more than 2/3 of the globe, but the download.com site still says it'll be available 'tomorrow.';-) jason and jill wrote: -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:47:59 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux mail-out [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! Corel is pleased to announce that the Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® free download will be available tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 17), exclusively from CNET at http://www.download.com! -- David Coe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] R D and Support +1-410-489-9521 Overlord, Inc. http://www.overlord.com
RE: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! (fwd)
Here's the link. According to the stats I was 3rd to download, so I figured it was hard to find. http://www.download.com/PC/corel/download/ http://www.download.com/PC/corel/download/ Rod.
Re: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! (fwd)
On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 12:33:00PM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote: Here's the link. According to the stats I was 3rd to download, so I figured it was hard to find. The stats said that for me too, so something must be broken. (And I was so impressed by my own timing...) ;) Regards, Jeff
Re: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! (fwd)
Subject: Re: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! (fwd) Date: Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 04:03:06AM + In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Dear Jason and Jill, Any idea what time it will become available? It's already Thursday on more than 2/3 of the globe, but the download.com site still says it'll be available 'tomorrow.';-) jason and jill wrote: -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:47:59 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux mail-out [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® is here! Corel is pleased to announce that the Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® free download will be available tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 17), exclusively from CNET at http://www.download.com! Its there. I am downloading the 7 parts now. 23MEG! Hope it is better then Star Office! -- David Coe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] R D and Support +1-410-489-9521 Overlord, Inc. http://www.overlord.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Nobody said computers were going to be polite. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
