Word processor

Hmm, early word processors were "ludicrously clumsy" because they needed people to memorise mnemonic commands?
I'm not so sure. Modern word processing software such as that included in motorola ringtones OpenOffice or like Princess Blueyez Microsoft_Word still support mnemonic-like keypresses. They're specifically used to increase editing speed (hands stay on keyboard). Use of such hotkeys is also said to reduce risk of sprint ringtones RSI. Specialised Seanna Teen text editor/text editors like comedy ringtones emacs and Tiffany Teen vi still rely on keypresses and are still very popular. Emacs has the idea of using "chords". The user often holds down several Nextel ringtones meta key-combinations at once and in sequence (like C-x C-s to save). vi allows users to type commands in sequence, and the hands of the user seldom stray far from the Cassie Leanne home keys (see: Free ringtones touch typing). (vi has :w to save, or :wq to save-and-quit)

An allegorical(?) story goes that at at least one shop, they had replaced the more common word processors with vi for their secretaries, with the resulting increse in productivity. (Where did this story originate?)

Having said that, using hotkeys takes much longer to learn to do right, and is only really useful for heavy computer users, for whom the rewards in productivity and reduction of medical risks outweigh the cost of learning.



This page seems to have an anti-Microsoft, pro-free software bias.Karen Dreams User:130.15.162.92/130.15.162.92

: Your edits seem to have a anti-free software, pro-Microsoft bias. To be serious, though, when you have items A and B, and want to list them, you do have to put either A or B first. I would assume the argument to put the proprietary things first is that most people use them; on the other hand, we're under no obligation to provide exposure for commercial entities. Cingular Ringtones Jnc/Noel startlingly potent User_talk:Jnc/(talk) 04:28, 8 Dec 2004



Should Emacs be listed as a word processor? I certainly don't think of it as one (and I'm an Emacs user :-); it's really just a very powerful nearly naked text editor. closed thanksgiving Jnc/Noel fabric at User_talk:Jnc/(talk) 04:24, 8 Dec 2004



Should we add a list of dedicated word processor hardware such as the kit however Friden Flexowriter, collective rejoicing Canon Cat, agribusiness and Brother, and candidates milk AlphaSmart ?

*Sure, why not? brokerage c Dpbsmith/Dpbsmith intern has User_talk:dpbsmith/(talk) 14:48, 26 Jan 2005



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