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A WordStar style text editor for MS-DOS and Windows console

Author: Paul Houle
Homepage: http://paulhoule.com/ws/
Family: MsDosEditors, WordStarFamily
Platform: MS-DOS, Windows console
License: Open source

"Wordster is a fast, character mode (non-graphical) file editor. Its design was influenced by the non-document mode of WordStar (c) 6.0, the last version of that program I purchased in 1990. If you are familiar with any version of WordStar you should feel right at home editing an ASCII text file with Wordster. There are omissions, and there are differences (for example, defining function keys and ESC macro sequences is done via an .ini file instead of within a setup program). There are also enhancements -- for example, windows can be split vertically, and any screen dimension (e.g. a DOS box of 70 rows and 160 columns) is supported. Wordster is a full 32-bit program, so there is no limit on file size."

Notes:

* Ws expects to be passed a file name on the command line.
* Ws is non-document mode. No word wrap.
* Do "ws -? in a console window to see options. The options can be placed in a ws.ini file for automatic use in future editing sessions.


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