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> Just let me write TextEdit all the way. I used to edit a market-leading print magazine with TextEdit. I don’t need layout features, the designers do that in
by Doctor_Fegg 2y ago
> Just let me write
TextEdit all the way.
I used to edit a market-leading print magazine with TextEdit. I don’t need layout features, the designers do that in InDesign. I don’t need a grammar checker or AI because I can write.
- for_i_in_range 2y agoI am old school. I write books and print them out to edit with red pen. Need all of Word's print features. Not everyone is a "digital writer."
- chasil 2y agoAllow me to introduce you to WordStar, in the "modern" context of Joe's Own Editor. https://gizmodo.com/sci-fi-writer-releases-free-archive-of-legendary-word-processor-used-by-george-rr-martin-2000484618 https://gizmodo.com/sci-fi-writer-releases-free-archive-of-l... https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/ https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%27s_Own_Editor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%27s_Own_Editor Edit: I once used WordStar 4 with a daisywheel printer.
- yencabulator 2y ago> I write books and print them out to edit with red pen. Need all of Word's print features. The latter really doesn't follow from the former. All? Sounds like you need basic printing..
- drooopy 2y agoTextEdit is my editor of choice for 90% of all RTF word processing that I do, when on a Mac.
- Finnucane 2y agoDo you have a copyeditor and/or proofreader? I'm a production editor. Part of my job is to fix stuff written by people who can write.
- jappgar 2y agoYou can still proof it. Op is just saying they don't need spellcheck (perhaps because they do have an editor).
- elicksaur 2y agoActually the OP specifically said “grammar” checker, which since they can write is likely an intentional distinction. Alternate phrasings reveal the absurd elitism of the statement. “I don’t need a spellchecker because I can spell.” “I don’t need a calculator because I can do math.”
- Finnucane 2y agoAs a longtime copy editor and proofreader, I would have to agree that spellcheckers and grammar checkers are not worth shit.
- elicksaur 2y agoYour comma after features should be a semicolon, but I’m sure you knew that!
- jpt4 2y agoNo, it needn't be.
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