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On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:30:32 -0500, c186282 wrote:

> On 11/13/25 16:38, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-11-13 05:51, c186282 wrote:
>>> On 11/12/25 07:44, Andy Burns wrote:
>>>> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You just reminded me of a non working feature in joe, jstar mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> ^K^B ... ^K^K  to mark a block of text.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds a bit WordStar?
>>>
>>>    Kinda.
>>>
>>>    But WordStar was good.
>> 
>> WordStar was designed for touch typists.
> 
>    I forget most younger folks were never
>    trained to do that. The 2-finger approach
>    at best


I get more than two fingers involved but I'm not a touch typist. It 
doesn't take much to throw me off either, I bought same yams today and at 
the self checkout kiosk where you have to enter the name "where the hell 
is 'y'"