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I actually have a bound set for WordStar 4. If you want to use something similar on modern systems, try "Joe's Own Editor." https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/
by chasil 3y ago
I actually have a bound set for WordStar 4.
If you want to use something similar on modern systems, try "Joe's Own Editor."
https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/ https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/
- toast0 3y agoFWIW, Joseph Allen comments on here from time to time https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jhallenworld https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jhallenworld Personally, I've been using joe since one of my IRC buddies told me about it in ~1996 or something, and it's served me well since. Much love to Joe and the rest of the contributors. The only serious issue I've had with joe was when a boss was snooping around in my home directory and was perturbed by all the DEADJOE files, since his name was also Joe. :)
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoWonderful! I used to use joe on my 486-50 running Linux way back in like, 94? Many university papers, and a lot of cringe poetry, too.
- wkat4242 3y agoI never liked all the temp files Joe littered. In the end nano became more popular and even though it's not WordStar compatible it didn't matter to me anymore since the days of DOS were long gone :)
- nullc 3y agoBig joe fan here. When I started using Linux full time I was already well familiar with wordstar, so it was a natural tool. It's a decent editor in its own right, and not just because it has a familiar set of keybindings. I've only encountered relatively few other users.
- gerdesj 3y agoI've used joe since the late '90s. First job on install is to remove the space in front of "-nobackups" in /etc/joe/joerc. I have to remember when using nano not to exit with ctrl-k, x or else end up losing a random line 8)
- toast0 3y ago> I've only encountered relatively few other users. When my employer was acquired by Facebook, I joined the FB employee Joe user group, and it became the Joe users group. When I left, it went back to the Joe user group :/ I gather joe was fairly popular at some point, but as long as it keeps working, I'm going to keep using it.
- copperx 3y agoWhat does bound set mean? Memorized keybindings?
- bombcar 3y agoI took it to be a bound manual (software used to come in massive boxes with HUGE manuals).
- wkat4242 3y agoThis was actually a good thing imo. Software was really well documented. These days it's an afterthought. When you ordered an upgrade disk it would come with replacement sections of the manual too to cover the new features.
- bombcar 3y agoI loved the ring binder manuals even though they were harder to read (but great to refer to as they'd open flat) and updates would say "replace page 6 with this, add page 10-A between 10 and 11", etc.
- shiroiuma 3y agoYes, documentation (for just about anything) is one thing I really miss from the last millennium.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y agoI wonder if the lack of documentation is due to software being easier to write because of high-level languages.
- toast0 3y agoIMHO, software documentation has dropped because it's hard to write the documentation when the software isn't finished, and software isn't finished anymore. Games (and other software) used to come with a large manual, and then a single folded sheet that had quick start instructions and updates to the manual. The large manual had to be finalizes before the disk images, in order to get them made on time... but the software had to be firmed up. Now, it's very common to have a huge day one patch, which could change a tremendous amount of things. You can't print a manual that addresses that, and nobody wants to retain writing staff to do constant updates.