From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: editor and word processor history (was: Re: RTF for emacs) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 00:58:52 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87d2ewmbtf.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87ha4d64r2.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> <87bnuho13m.fsf@debian.uxu> <874n09nz3c.fsf_-_@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401404483 21295 80.91.229.3 (29 May 2014 23:01:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 23:01:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 30 01:01:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq9Jx-0000Si-Uc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 01:01:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50665 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wq9Jx-0002DE-JU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 May 2014 19:01:13 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: SIvZRMPqRkkTHAHL6NkRuw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:5Qm9QIFjP2p4yTq4LBvxzAEyHQE= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:205684 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97954 Archived-At: James Freer writes: > Wordstar may have 'died' long ago but it had the most > efficient keybindings of any editor/word processor - > experts tell me! Writers still use it. Word Perfect > and Word replaced it as you say - they were simpler > to learn. What were the WS keybindings characteristics and what makes them superior in your mind? And what do you mean by "writers" - do you mean writers of novels, plays, etc.? Or do you mean writers like you and me, right now? -- underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573