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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: WordStar-like editor on Unix
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Date: 11 Feb 91 15:03:09 GMT
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In article <4593@uniol.UUCP> Gerhard.Moeller@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Gerhard Moeller) writes:
>>852028e@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Amari  M.  Elammari) writes:
>>>Does any body know about a WordStar-like editor that runs on Unix??
>As far as I know, there is a WordStar-command emulation in Emacs. (GNU)

Well, yes, there is, but it's a pretty poor emulation. There are differences
in approach, most notably in block operations, that make the two incompatible
at the lowest levels of usability.

There was an editor hiding in a post to comp.binaries.ibm.pc that included
Unix source; contact doug@giaea.oz.au for details. It's an evolving program.

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