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Applixware update on Athena to release 5.0 for Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Fri Sep 29 12:40:36 2000
Message-Id: <200009291640.MAA10044@dit.mit.edu>
To: software-announce@MIT.EDU, aw-info@MIT.EDU
cc: alexp@MIT.EDU, facdev@MIT.EDU, cfyi@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:40:25 -0400
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
I have updated the Applixware office suite on Athena to version 5.0 for
Linux. From my online message announcement:
Applixware 5.0 for Linux is now available on Athena. To run it now, type:
add applix
applix -ver 5.0.0
at the Athena prompt. For this release, user local configuration files
are stored in a directory axhome/5.0 in your home directory. New feature
information and tutorials can be accessed by clicking on the Applixware
Office icon at the left end of the Icon Bar, or at
http://www.vistasource.com/products/axware/axware50
It is also possible to launch the spreadsheet and word processor directly,
by typing "spreadsheets -ver 5.0.0" or "words -ver 5.0.0" respectively
after adding the applix locker.
We expect to have Applixware 5.0 for Suns sometime in November. It most
likely will not be released for SGI.
Due to a design change, Applixware now requires a shutdown period of about
one minute in order to turn off several daemons it starts up. please don't
log off or kill the applix process before the message "Font server terminated"
appears on the screen- otherwise you may leave your configuration files in
an inconsistent state or make problems for other users.
Please send questions/comments to the aw-info@mit.edu mailing list.
Alex
