WordPerfect8 is currently available on all SUN workstations
running Solaris within the CSR network. (It may also be available, at
the owners' discretion, on some Linux boxes.) Within the SUN
community one needs to add the appropriate path to your environment;
e.g.:
use xwp
and then invoke with the command
xwp [filename]
Because of a minor incompatiblity between our print spooler and the
standard issue spooler, you will have to specify a printer type and
destination the first time you wish to print. From the Print menu
choose "Select", "Printer Create/Edit", "Add", and choose from the
list -- a standard Apple LaserWriter seems safe if have no clue.
When you hit "OK" a printer driver will appear in your (new) ~/.wprc
directory, but now you have to provide a printer address. Choose
"Setup" in the Printer Create/Edit menu, then "Destination", and within
the WPApp menu choose your favorite local output engine. (This is
also how you choose to print to a file, by choosing "disk" from this
list.) Now it is simply "OK" four times in a row and you're back to
the print control window.