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Re: WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996)

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On 2014-09-05, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> http://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm
>
>    Many Science Fiction writers - including myself, Roger MacBride Allen,
>    Jeffrey A. Carver, Arthur C. Clarke, David Gerrold, Terence M. Green,
>    James Gunn, Matthew Hughes, Donald Kingsbury, Eric Kotani, Paul
>    Levinson, George R. R. Martin, Vonda McIntyre, Kit Reed, Jennifer
>    Roberson, and Edo van Belkom - continue to use WordStar for DOS as our
>    writing tool of choice.
>
>    Still, most of us have endured years of mindless criticism of our
>    decision, usually from WordPerfect users, and especially from
>    WordPerfect users who have never tried anything but that program. I've
>    used WordStar, WordPerfect, Word, MultiMate, Sprint, XyWrite, and just
>    about every other MS-DOS and Windows word-processing package, and
>    WordStar is by far my favorite choice for creative composition at the
>    keyboard.
>
>    That's the key point: aiding creative composition. To understand how
>    WordStar does that better than other programs, let me start with a
>    little history.
>
>    ...

Great article, though I notice it was published a while ago.  I
remembered seeing something else on comp.misc - it was "Wordstar still
rocks" from 2014-05-14.  This is a much longer and more elegant essay
though.  

I still use jstar from time to time, though it's more for entertainment
purposes and a change as I'm not familiar with the keybindings.
Perfectly usable though, and if I forced myself to use it for a week I'd
get up to speed with little trouble.  I like how they've laid out the
keybindings.

There's a guy rewriting wordstar for the modern times.  Have a look at
http://wordtsar.ca - I wish him the best of luck, and compliment him on
the name!  I'll probably buy a copy when he releases it, just to keep
him interested.

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WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-05 09:57 +0000
  Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-09-05 16:41 +0300
    Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-05 10:18 -0400
    Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-09-05 15:45 +0100
      Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-09-05 14:45 -0400
        Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-06 01:38 +0000
  Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-09-06 17:18 +0000
    Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) Michael Murphy <fake@nospam.invalid> - 2014-09-06 17:54 -0400
  Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-07 10:12 +0000
    Re: WordStar:  A Writer's Word Processor (1996) polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-09-11 18:38 +0100

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