On Monday 09 April 2007 20:15, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-09-07 18:06]: > [...] > > > The default keybindings are based loosely on "WordStar", which had a > > lot of clones that used the same commands. > > which, iirc, originated on cp/m. After learning Wordstar keystrokes > and then dos with qedit from semware, later renamed, it's difficult to > adapt to another editor :^) > > -- > Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 > http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org > HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 > OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/
You're right, Pat. WordStar debuted on cpm, and it was a while to get to know the key-strokes to move around and modify things, but I bet I could go back and use them in about 15 minutes. The dos version of MS Word drove me crazy, and I never used it, and still have not, but WordPerfect in Windows works very nicely. I wish OO was a little more like that and less like Word, but it is useable. Yes, I had the old Wine- based WP, but it was klugey. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
