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Long live WordStar and it's many brethren! I got addicted to it when coding Z80 assembler on CP/M in the late 70's and my life since then has been on a constant lookout for an equally good program in other OS's. In Linux and MacOS terminals there's Joe, a godsend. But since I use Qt a lot, of course the first thing I wrote was a Wordstar clone plugin for Qt Creator. Not possible to survive otherwise :-)
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Sourceforge is one of the few left that support Mercurial, which I use.
Isn't it easier to switch your version control than keep trying to run a project on SourceForge? I know I find it almost impossible to interact with a project hosted there.
That's exactly the good thing, you don't have all those trolls and forced social interaction with A-holes.
Every five seconds, this web site subtly vibrates up and down. Is it just on my phone?
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The Linux version is freeware now: https://xwp8users.com/
> The Linux version is freeware now I can't see such statement on linked site; instead its clarifies to use "legitimate copy": > This site provides information designed to assist an owner of a legitimate copy of a version of WordPerfect, who desires to use it on a current Linux distro, in doing so. BTW, Here is Reddit thread[0] & screenshot[1] posted in comments. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/cgw9f5/usi…
https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-78/corel-release-free-wor...
http://www.iitk.ac.in/LDP/FAQ/pdf/WordPerfect-Linux-FAQ.pdf
The free version can still be found out there:
Every five seconds, this web site subtly vibrates up and down. Is it just on my phone?
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You don't come back from that kind of thing that easily. Even if the current owner doesn't do that, who's to say who the owner will be tomorrow?
By that logic you can’t trust anything anywhere.
And a service that has been sold countless times and has engaged in shady behaviour in the past scores pretty badly there.
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That's a shame. Many of the WordStar holdouts actually like their writing machine to be some old reliable computer without modern distractions. It isn't just the software, it is the whole experience. It runs one program at a time, no internet, now notifications, just reliable typing on what's probably a mechanical keyboard that has exactly the right feel.
Unicomp makes leaf spring switch keyboards that are the modern day equivalent of IBM's beloved PC keyboards. They are too loud for a shared work environment but perfect for home use, assuming you don't multitask during a meeting with your mic on, anyway.
They have become less sturdy over the years though.
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> Don't crash That's good advice in any vehicle :) I think you are missing my point. I only say just because something is available doesn't meant you should use it. Life is not always about minimizing risk, or effort or maximizing productive output. You can (should) do offsite backups, and even if you don't life doesn't end if you lose some of your work. Not everyone needs to rebuild their setup in milliseconds. If m…
I wholeheartedly agree with all of the above—assuming that you are your own client. If you have the knowledge and can weigh the pros and cons for yourself, go for it. I was more thinking about a scenario where you're acting as the systems administrator for someone else who's not so technical. If you were in charge of maintaining George R.R. Martin's WordStar workstation, at the very minimum I doubt you'd feel comfort…
Yes, I was talking from that perspective. Just to remember people that not everything has to be the best possible ever.
> The difference between a car made in 2015 and a car made in 1980 can easily be as dramatic as walking out with superficial injuries—or certain death.
I was replying tongue-in-cheek. This is certainly true, and I appreciate your concern
Its funny, but I bet more people had the Wordstar keyboard shortcuts in muscle memory than actually used Wordstar.