“But many writers loved WordStar, a word processor notably good for actual writing. As computers moved on from DOS to Windows, and word programs grew to encompass features that strayed far from organizing words on a page, WordStar hung back, whether in DOS emulation or in the hearts of its die-hard fans.”
It was painful. Apple’s Pages is better. Probably the only one I’ve never used was Nisus.
@feloneouscat While this is all true, the modern word processors are different because they were built for secretaries and businesspeople.
I’m an engineer and beg to differ. We write REAMS of documentation.
One company I was required to keep a journal so that in case of a patent dispute we could show original work, not to mention our write ups to assure we met with ISO 9000 objectives. Much of the journal had to be transcribed to digital so that bosses could search our data.