[Fwd: WordPerfect 8 for Linux installed, but where??]

Mark Berkwitt mberkwitt@home.com
Sun, 20 Aug 2000 15:47:09 -0700


I tried that command as you suggested but it responded in multi languages.  This is what I got.  Pardon my ignorance, but what is this?

[root@cx47716-b /root]#
cat /usr/share/apps/kappfinder/WordProcessing/WordPerfect.kdelnk
# KDE Config File
[KDE Desktop Entry]
Comment[hr]=Program za obradu teksta
Comment[ro]=Programul de procesare de texte WordPerfect
Comment[C]=WordPerfect Word Processor
Comment[fi]=WordPerfect -tekstinkäsittelyohjelma
Comment[pt]=Processador de texto WordPerfect
SwallowTitle=
SwallowExec=
WmCommand=
Comment[fr]=Traitement de texte WordPerfect
Comment[hu]=WordPerfect szövegszerkesztõ
Comment[da]=WordPerfect teksbehandler
BinaryPattern=
Name[hr]=Wordperfect
Comment[sk]=Textový procesor WordPerfect
Comment[ca]=Processador de textos WordPerfect
Comment[es]=Procesador de textos WordPerfect
Name=WordPerfect
Comment[is]=Ritvinnsluforritið WordPerfect
Name[it]=Elaborazione Testi
MiniIcon=
Protocols=
Comment[sv]=WordPerfect ordbehandlare
Name[C]=WordPerfect
MimeType=
Comment=WordPerfect Word Processor
Exec=xwp
Comment[pt_BR]=Processador de textos WordPerfect
Comment[pl]=Procesor tekstu WordPerfect
Comment[ja]=WordPerfect ¥ï¡¼¥É¥×¥í¥»¥Ã¥µ
Icon=wordperfect.xpm
TerminalOptions=
Comment[cs]=Textový procesor WordPerfect
Comment[sl]=Urejevalnik WordPerfect
Path=
Comment[no]=Tekstbehandleren Word Perfect
DocPath=
Type=Application
Comment[it]=Manipolatore Testi WordPerfect
Comment[ru]=ôÅËÓÔÏ×ÙÊ ÐÒÏÃÅÓÓÏÒ WordPerfect
Comment[de]=WordPerfect-Textverarbeitung
Terminal=0
[root@cx47716-b /root]#


> I don't know how they got there, but kdelnk files are the same idea
> as shortcuts in Windows... a file which points to another file, and
> has metadata about the other file (what icon goes with it, is it
> a program, what command-line arguments are needed when starting the
> program, etc.)  You can do
>
> cat /usr/share/apps/kappfinder/WordProcessing/WordPerfect.kdelnk
>
> to see what's in it, and if it points to some file that isn't there
> (most likely xwp, since it appears that is the Wordperfect executable)
> then you know why double-clicking on the icon doesn't do anything.