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Emacs, of course, has a wordstar mode that can be activated with M-x wordstar-mode for those of you who're curious enough to try it out. The copyright for that
by mickeyp 12y ago
Emacs, of course, has a wordstar mode that can be activated with M-x wordstar-mode for those of you who're curious enough to try it out.
The copyright for that file dates back to 1991, back when Wordstar was still relevant. Like BRIEF and WordPerfect they have gone the way of the dodo.
I still remember having to use WordPerfect back in the day; but without the little cardboard printout you stuck to the keyboard's F-row it was almost impossible to use.
- drivers99 12y agoIt's not dead. WordPerfect Office X7 came out last month. I believe it is still virtually required at law offices.
- smacktoward 12y agoAnd one of the key features the first versions of Microsoft Word for Windows offered was support for WordPerfect keymappings, to make it easy for WordPerfect users to switch. Are they still in there, I wonder? I doubt many people use them today, but it's not hard to imagine them tucked away in a menu somewhere, a forgotten island of once-important code...
- ArkyBeagle 12y agoThere is a redone BRIEF. It has subtle pieces missing. http://www.briefeditor.com/ http://www.briefeditor.com/ BRIEF macros were the original scripting language for DOS.
- chinpokomon 12y agoThat might convince me to finally switch from vi. Wordstar was one of the first programs I used and the similar keyboard shortcuts used by Borland probably didn't hurt when I started programming. I'm sure all that muscle memory is long forgotten by now... ^k^b, ^k^k. I vaguely remember that as how to define a selection block, but I'm not sure I got it right.
- mickeyp 12y agoThere's nothing stopping you from customizing Emacs to do what you like with keybindings. You can use either BRIEF or WordStar as a jumping off point.