[internetworkers] Word Processor for Mouse Hater

Thomas Beckett thomas at tbeckett.com
Sat Feb 9 12:34:02 EST 2008


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I wonder if one can still find an older version of WordPerfect out
there.  I used and loved WP for a long time, until I found that it was
simply not interoperable with Word, which everyone else was using.

I think the last version I used was 6.  And it was great.

TaB

P.S.  Yes, I found WP 6.1 on eBay.  $98.00 Buy It Now.  That says
something about the application, doesn't it?

Scott Chilcote wrote:
> Jim Ray wrote:
>> Vim. The modern flavor. Weirdos use emacs.
> 
> We have trilug-ontopic for vi versus emacs warfare...
> 
> I think most of us understand that a text editor is not a word 
> processing program.  Especially one designed for writing software, 
> regardless of whether it has psychoanalysis, adventure gaming and stock 
> quotes built in.
> 
> Open Office is great, but it's not the answer.  Try using it to write a 
> document for ten or fifteen minutes, and you'll see.  It's designed to 
> be comfortable to people who have used Microsoft products, for the most 
> part.  And Microsoft thinks user interfaces should be impressive rather 
> than useful, sigh.
> 
> Scott C.
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