I had WPMac working nicely and then I repaired disk permissions with Disk Utility on my Mac OS X 10.6. Now WPMac tries to open but stalls after displaying the...
I've had it! I was proud of how long I stayed on Tiger: almost as long as I stayed with system 6 after 7 came out, or as long as I stayed there before moving...
It's only a small chapter in the book of software, but I wonder whether any other PC computer program in history, once abandoned, has had anything like the...
Can anyone tell me the procedure to install the Prefab Player? I downloaded the package from the files section. The manual says that the player is installed by...
I copy documents into Word in order to save them as pdf. This messes up formatting, and so forth. Is it possible to somehow save them as pdf in Wordperfect? ...
WPMac 3.1 onwards was compatible with QuickDraw GX, but does it benefit from it? I recently came across a posting on another forum that suggests that screen...
... I've just discovered that Pixelmator (I have an old demo version of v1.2 here) unfortunately declares a bad UTI of "com.wpg.wpg" for .wpg files in its...
This version contains two changes: 1) Updates the Info.plist file to include Uniform Type Identifiers for .wpg files to match those declared in Gero Herrmann's...
I just released version 3.5 of the Spotlight & Quick Look plug-ins. With this version, Quick Look previews for WPG files have become possible. WPG files are...
This page has a large collection of WP macros, many by John, but many by other people: http://freegroups.net/macos_files/Text_and_Editors.shtml Is it worth...
Dear Group: Having "lurked" for quite a while, I'm fairly familiar with what this group is - and isn't - about. This is one of those OFF-topic to this group...
I've put together an AppleScript that makes it easy to create your own SheepShaver-based system for running Mac OS 8.5 through 9.0.4 under OS X. You will need...
I have installed the WPMacAppliance installation of SheepShaver and have it running nicely; however, I would like to change the default location of the Unix...
I must be missing something. When I try to run these apps, I get a message saying that the Classic environment is no longer supported. I have SheepShaver...
... Good to know. I've deleted the link here to it. ... And nice to have! Tools like this support a more flexible and productive work environment. ... ...
After some earlier exchanges, I wondered if it might be possible to create something useful that hasn't been done before. So I threw together an Automator...
Stumbled across a utility that opens and reads (with some formatting) WPMac docs -- on a Mac. Nice to see, as a sign of interest in the file format as well as...
Hello, I know this group is primarily about WordPerfect, but with all the effort put into maintaining a working "Classic" environment after Apple removed the ...
Corel distributed a set of "WP IBM Character Set" fonts with WPMac 3.5e or some other version, and I've been including it with any WPMac/SheepShaver or...
I've substantially revised the system I put together that uses SheepShaver to run WPMac in a window on the OS X desktop. It now prints directly to any printer ...
I've revised the system I've put together for running WordPerfect for DOS under Mac OS X. (Remember, this is WP for *DOS* - not Windows, not the Mac - the one...
You can copy and paste text, including styled text, to and from WordPerfect in SheepShaver or Basilisk, and any OSX application. When we say clipboard, we...
I downloaded and installed the WPMacApp last week on a iMac 1.25 Power PC running OS 10.5. My machine is partitioned w/ OS 10.5 and 10.4.11 running Classic....
Just received messge from John R and installed the latest version of Sheepshaver/WP Can Open but keeps coming up with Numeric operation too large. May have to...
What would personal computers (not just Apple) be like without his contributions? Would there even be a GUI? Xerox invented it, but it took others, including...
... Thank you for the tribute, John. The Washington Post's Hank Stuever wrote some poignant words about Steve and the passage of time in an article titled...