... Good idea. ... It just keeps getting better. Thanks again, Gero! John R....
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em315
Feb 19, 2012 6:47 pm
The current version of the WPMacApp has WP DocCompare installed and ready to run (with a working MacPerl setup). It also automatically installs or updates...
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gero_herrmann
Feb 19, 2012 4:56 pm
Maybe WP DocCompare could be installed ready to run? Prerequisite would be a _working_ installation of MacPerl. The SheepShaver installations I have seen so...
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John R
jrethorst
Feb 16, 2012 9:08 pm
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/apples-mountain-lion-makes-the-mac-more-like-the-ipad/?hp John R....
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em315
Feb 14, 2012 5:27 am
The .sheepvm format is extremely easy to use. Just search for sheepvm in the forums at emaculation.com. Or dig down into my setup this way: Contents,...
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John R
jrethorst
Feb 14, 2012 3:51 am
My new version should of course use this. The only problem is that I don't know how to do it. Ed's package is a very sophisticated design, so I should simply...
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John R
jrethorst
Feb 14, 2012 3:43 am
... In Sheepshaver-WordPerfect 1.3.1, go to the Sheepshaver folder and thence to Sheepshaver Scripts. The Delete Prefs File script will do just that. ... Are...
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WH
arvaess
Feb 11, 2012 4:18 pm
Geoff - Me too….. maybe the only quibble I have with UNIX. Consider my 'Universal toolkit' used for all of OS X application deletions. These negate the...
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em315
Feb 11, 2012 2:06 pm
If the new version uses the .sheepvm format, which is supported by all SheepShaver versions from the past two years or so, then the prefs file can be in the...
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Geoff Gilbert
Geoff@...
Feb 11, 2012 11:37 am
John Is there a total uninstall so that I can reinstall from scratch without any prefs files lurking around. I still can't copy into or out of sheepshaver. ...
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John R
jrethorst
Feb 11, 2012 12:34 am
The next update will include a more stable version of Sheepshaver, plus Gero's updated Spotlight & Quicklook, and Prefab Player. Also more system 7 DA's,...
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em315
Feb 5, 2012 11:23 pm
LibreOffice 3.5rc3 opens WP files correctly, as promised. It can be downloaded from LibreOffice.org, on the Downloads page, under the PreReleases page....
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John R
jrethorst
Feb 2, 2012 3:30 am
Rick, my apologies -- I meant to answer this earlier and then got sidetracked. I'm working on an update of my Sheepshaver-WordPerfect Install, which will...
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em315
Jan 26, 2012 6:41 pm
I've just received word that this bug will be fixed in LibreOffice 3.5.0 RC3 and in the final 3.5.0 version. At the moment the only easily downloadable version...
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em315
Jan 26, 2012 1:44 am
The mountable "volumes" in SheepShaver can only be files (disk images), not servers or actual disks. You can specify that the "Unix" folder should be a folder...
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em315
Jan 25, 2012 9:45 pm
I tried exactly that. It doesn't help. It's a bug in LibreOffice for the Mac 3.4. The Windows version doesn't have the bug, and LibreOffice for the Mac 3.3...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 25, 2012 9:19 pm
I don't have the hardware available to test, but SheepShaver Preferences lets you add volumes that will appear on the SS desktop. Can't a server, mounted at...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 25, 2012 9:13 pm
I wonder whether part of the problem might not be that the OP had probably set WP docs to open in LibreOffice. Then when he installed SS, the Open WP Files...
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em315
Jan 25, 2012 8:19 pm
I think you may have been hoping to get a practical answer to your question, so here's an attempt to provide one. There is a bad bug in LibreOffice 3.4.x that...
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Thomas Clayton
topcatdrc
Jan 25, 2012 6:52 pm
A Short superficial history OpenOffice.org = OO.o (at some time back, still existent) 2 --> Go-OO (some time back, for two or three yr.s, now gone) 3a -->...
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Bjorn (Barney) Christ...
bcqc2003
Jan 24, 2012 10:36 pm
I don't know anything about libreoffice but our office uses NeoOffice now (sadly, but the SS approach is not efficient for use with everyone saving to a file...
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John
sarmientolegal
Jan 24, 2012 5:02 pm
hi folks just upgraded to new 27 imacs in our office, so cannot use Classic anymore. have many wp docs that we need to convert to a new format, as we have...
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em315
Jan 24, 2012 5:36 am
Thank you for this - it lets me sort out my script a bit more. I'll upload an improved version by the morning. The new version adds one more feature. It...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 24, 2012 4:31 am
... if WP is not running: tell application "WordPerfect" to activate --> runs OnStartup, opens new document, brings app to front tell application "WordPerfect"...
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em315
Jan 19, 2012 2:12 pm
Many thanks for this. Adding the "On Startup" script was my mistake - I didn't know there was an "OnStartup" macro that launched automatically on startup. So...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 19, 2012 4:20 am
... The more I look at this, the less I can figure out. Running my earlier test script a few times, I saw that an error number -128 in an idle handler will...
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em315
Jan 16, 2012 2:58 pm
I've experimented a bit with this, and I think I see what I should do with this, but I'm not entirely sure. So, to confirm - should I insert this code into my...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 13, 2012 9:15 pm
... Good point, but all I remember is that I was able to write it quickly, and it was a lot of fun to do. John R....
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em315
Jan 13, 2012 12:50 am
... Here's where it becomes clear that you know what you're doing and I don't. I simply don't know what I should be doing with the script that you posted. I'm...
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John R
jrethorst
Jan 12, 2012 9:37 pm
... The script below tests different ways to exit an idle handler. The Quit command quits the whole script, but only after the handler completes. Error number...
