tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Terry Jones) (12/11/88)
I would like to hear how well WordPerfect 5.0 and the Herc RAMFont card get along. I am led to believe that things can look pretty good on screen with the herc plus card with ramfont capabilities. Anyone actually using it AND doing things with foreign languages etc? How close to WYSIWYG is this getting!!! Does it make things SLOWWWWWW??? tj
pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov) (12/13/88)
In article <1988Dec11.140758.10276@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Terry Jones) writes: > I would like to hear how well WordPerfect 5.0 and the Herc RAMFont card get > along. I am led to believe that things can look pretty good on screen > with the herc plus card with ramfont capabilities. Anyone actually > using it AND doing things with foreign languages etc? How close to WYSIWYG > is this getting!!! > Does it make things SLOWWWWWW??? They work together fine (I only use it for Engliskii stuff). But "WYSIWYG" is somewhat of an over-eggzagerat'un. You get a few different text sizes, etc, italics, to reflect what you are trying to do, that's it. The "reveal" screen shows a good picture - but you can't work in it. greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny
brent@rtech.rtech.com (Brent Williams) (12/14/88)
From article <1988Dec11.140758.10276@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, by tj@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Terry Jones): > I would like to hear how well WordPerfect 5.0 and the Herc RAMFont card get > along. I am led to believe that things can look pretty good on screen > with the herc plus card with ramfont capabilities. Anyone actually > using it AND doing things with foreign languages etc? How close to WYSIWYG > is this getting!!! > Does it make things SLOWWWWWW??? > tj I am using WP 5.0 with ramfont. I am not using it for foreign language support, however. It is not true WYSIWYG, because the character positions are more or less in line with the character cells that are hardwired on a standard PC screen. Just the size and position within each character cell changes. I find it valuable to be able to see boldface and italics on-screen, so that I can edit appropriately. On a mono monitor, you only get to see bold. I've been working on documents with lots of different effects, so need to see what I've got. I have noticed one problem I haven't been able to pin down. That is that when you're in ramfont mode, and preview the document, when you exit to text entry mode, you mung the fonts on the card. The screen displays odd blotches that are totally unreadable. You can still save your document working by touch, but you then have to turn the computer off then on again to clear this condition. Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work. This appears to be a problem with WordPerfect's use of the card's graphics modes, but I am not sure. Hercules was kind enough to replace the board though testing showed that the board was fine and was the most current rev level. If you use the card in non-ramfont mode, you can use the preview feature. For a workaround, I toggle out of ramfont mode, do my preview, then start ramfont again in a big macro. Hope this helps. -brent williams Relational Technology, Inc. 1080 Marina Village Parkway {amdahl,sun,mtxinu,cpsc6a,hoptoad} Alameda, CA 94501 !rtech!brent (415)-769-1400 -- -brent williams Relational Technology, Inc. 1080 Marina Village Parkway {amdahl,sun,mtxinu,cpsc6a,hoptoad} Alameda, CA 94501 !rtech!brent (415)-769-1400