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Old 07-12-2022, 06:34 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
WordStar never did it for me - the navigation keystrokes in particular seemed somewhat perverse (I understand it was trying maximise portability, but since I wasn't that wasn't a priority for me). QEdit was what I eventually settled on for plain text (can't remember what I used before that), and WordPerfect for more sophisticated documents.
I like keeping my hands on the "home" row when typing. WordPerfect's use of the Function keys frustrated me. Never did warm up to it. But, as Quoth mentions, WordStar's keystrokes predated "standard" IBM PC keyboards. WordStar keystrokes were used in Borland DOS products and several editors at one point.

I vaguely remember QEdit, may have even tried it. Can't remember for sure. I know I used some other editor that also had the WordStar keystrokes option. Maybe that was QEdit?
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