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From: mdharding@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Matthew D. Harding)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: World's best word processor
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Date: 8 Jun 89 16:38:37 GMT
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In article <25325@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> marquis@qal.qal.berkeley.edu (Roger Marquis) writes:
>The default answer to the "Exit WP?" prompt is also a non-intuitive
>"N". Is there any logic behind this? I vote for WP as the most counter-
>intuitively designed word processor on the market (aside from Edlin
>perhaps). Doesn't anyone from WP read the net?

Why would No be non-intuitive? The whole idea of WP querying you is in case
you made a mistake, by hitting F7 instead of Shift-F7, for example. Therefore
you would want the default to be no, so you don't lose hours of work by
accident. WP is _not_ counterintuitive just because bold is F8 instead of ALT-B,if you have the template and have read the manual, it is really no problem.

(Could it be that many people hate WP because there copies didn't come with
manual and template (wink, wink) and they can't figure it out themselves?)

And, BTW Edlin is _NOT_ a word processor, it is a line editor (BIG difference).
Edlin was something put together at the last moment by IBM coding teams with
the sole intention of the user using it, saying "This sucks to high heaven!",
and running out and buying a real editor/word processor, i.e. one of the more
expensive ones IBM makes. Gotta love these marketing teams...

Cheers, Matt.