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Text-Console Based Word Processing?

Posted by Cliff on from the would-typewriters-be-too-old-skool dept.

chipperdog asks: "I am looking for an activly maintained console based word processor, similar to what one could find with Appleworks, from the Apple // era (Prodos 8 version, pre-//gs), or even one comparable to DOS versions of WP and Microsoft Word. An open-source one that compiles and runs in Linux would be best, although it would be nice to find one that could run on a 486DX2 50MHz with 8MB. A Google and Freshmeat search only turned up editors that seem to lack some of the necessary word processing features I am seeking. Although I mostly use VI (and *TEX when necessary), some no-so-geeky end users need the quasi-WSIWYG interface."

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  1. Good luck... by joto · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why are you even asking about this? You know it doesn't exist! Run DOS and WP and be happy!