On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 22:09 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 11/22/10 9:57 PM, John R. Dennison wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 09:29:12PM -0500, Michael Semcheski wrote: > >> Windows only, unfortunately. > > When did they stop publishing *nix versions? I worked > > extensively with that monstrosity 15-16 years ago on > > SCO / MWC Coherent. > I don't think they ever did a real native *nix verson - they had a slightly > custom version of wine wrapped around the windows code. And there was some > strange Microsoft involvement in the Corel company too - probably why you > haven't heard much from them. I'm pretty sure they did have such a version; WP was the first 'real' word processor available for LINUX. I ran it on a LINUX host and a dozen or so NCD X-terminals. It worked, but I can't imagine anyone having been a fan. It was slow, clunky, and just ugly. And as for reveal codes... OOo has a mode that displays non-printable characters. Beyond that I just don't see the point. OOo's document collaboration and versioning tools are far and away better than what I recall from WP.