What is your preferred word processor?
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Lithograph or CowboyNeal Hex Editor Pro (Score:4, Funny)
I can't decide which of those technologies I like better for making my documents fancy.
Re:Lithograph or CowboyNeal Hex Editor Pro (Score:4)
For processing of words I like VIM. :%s/unacceptable/fantastic/g
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EMACS rulz!
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Notepad++ (Score:5, Insightful)
Notepad++ for text (and anything except fancy documents) and whatever word processor happens to be installed. LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Word, Google Docs... They all work, different strengths.
Re:Notepad++ [Who needs pluses?] (Score:3)
Straight Notepad is actually the one I probably use second most frequently.
But this is an unusually borken [sic] Slashdot poll, even in search of demographic background noise. My use of a "word processor" (whatever that means these days) is quite context dependent. I answered LibreOffice [no sic required] because I use it most frequently--as a word counter. I use Notepad (memocho here) to edit a JavaScript program (that I will probably port to Python soon). Most of my "creative writing" might actually be he
Re: Notepad++ (Score:2)
Yes !!! Iâ(TM)m a huge fan.
I use Notepad++ many times a day. Incredibly fast and flexible (via plug-inâ(TM)s.) Highly recommend checking it out.
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Notepad++ for me too. I also use it for my resume. :) (...and it works)
An Underwood mechanical typewriter (Score:2, Funny)
Re: An Underwood mechanical typewriter (Score:2)
it's very easy for anyone to carve some wedges into some twigs and flatten out some palm size pieces of clay. No need to stain your hands with ink or find goose feathers for quills.
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Well, as a mason snob, I can only say it's called "written in stone" for a reason. Want your texts to last? Ask our Guild for a quote!
Emacs (Score:1)
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But Emacs is not a word processor - unless you are using it to create troff, LaTeX or similar files.
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I would say it's a word processor.
You can type words and edit words, it word wraps so it can handle paragraph breaks. It even has spell check.
I guess you take the stance that once needs to be able to size text and apply text styles to be a word processor? I don't necessarily think that's wrong, but I don't think that's correct either.
Notepads and VSC (Score:1)
I use Windows 10 with WSL and I love Notepads (quite possibly the only good UWP app in existence) for non-code stuff, and for anything code/script in windows or linux I very much enjoy Visual Studio Code just by whipping out a code . to pick up the directory then kill the window after I'm done.
vi + LaTeX (or just Overleaf) (Score:4, Insightful)
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Not used Overleaf, tend to go for TeXstudio. I take it Overleaf is good for an online editor?
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Vim + Latex (Score:5, Funny)
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Kile / LaTeX for anything that will be read on paper by someone else.
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WordPerfect (Score:2, Insightful)
Still can't beat Reveal Codes in WP
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This!!!! Yes!!!!
Re: WordPerfect (Score:2)
This is the way.
Re: WordPerfect (Score:2)
Alt-F3
Re: WordPerfect (Score:2)
Completely agree. WP61 was probably the ultimate. 7 and 8 got bloat. After that it stopped mattering unfortunately.
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Yea, I got into computers from a dedicated word processor (CompuGraphic EditWriter back in 81/82) and Word Perfect reveal codes was exactly what I was used to.
[John]
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I am writing what will be a short book on my family's genealogy and using Corel WordPerfect for this. As you say, Reveal Codes is such a great solution to controlling the format of a page and for finding inconsistencies and conflicts in the l
I only use two WPs (Score:2)
TeXstudio is my first choice, LibreOffice is the backup.
Word and gdocs (Score:4, Interesting)
I like the flexibility of Word and the collaborative live editing of gdocs. I'm getting my feet wet with MS's OneDrive-based live editing since it has full Word capabilities. It's pretty good but it's still just not as snappy as gdocs - has maybe a 5 sec lag vs gdocs' 1 sec.
So internally and for final manuscript writing I go with Word. For collaborations it's still gdocs for me.
Re: Word and gdocs (Score:2)
In my case with my coauthors we've found it efficient to edit manuscripts live, with them on phone/zoom while we all look at the same sentences and paragraphs and edit together. Works well in gdocs. Tried once so far in office and just a bit too slow.
I know it's a rather specific application but I end up doing it a lot.
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It's more like this:
Person 1: I don't like this sentence in the abstract because [xyz] ...
Person 2: Ok what if we did this {modifies sentence}
Person 1: yeah that's better, but lets add in [abc] {modifies sentence}
Person 2: that works for me
Person 3: but now when I read that it sounds like we're saying [jkl]
Person 2: Oh right, {modifies sentence}. How's this?
Person 1: Good
Person 3: Good
Maybe doesn't work well for everyone, but works for me (and coauthors). This isn't for initial writing (that would be very
ASCIIDOC (Score:2)
with vim!
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Don't know why more people don't use it.
Really great when included in workflows to generate helpfiles etc.
The learning curve is not even difficult...
Other: VS Code and Joplin (Score:1)
If it ain't markdown, it ain't a freaking document.
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If it ain't markdown, it ain't a freaking document.
Same can be said about decent HTML (you know: <p>, <ol>, <ul>, <strong>, etc.), SGML, TeX, reStructured, RTF, etc.
Sure, some are more readable than others.
Ami Pro (Score:1)
Missing Option: Ami Pro
Word rather than WordPerfect, sadly (Score:2)
Wordstar FTW (Score:1)
I miss the good old days. Now -- Get offa my lawn you whippersnappers
Re: Wordstar FTW (Score:2)
GRR Martin, is that you?
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Missing option: (Score:2)
Mellel (Score:2)
I've been using Mellel for several years now. It was written primarily for working with VERY large documents, which is necessary for me as a writer. Granted, Mellel was optimized for academic paper writing, but it is still quite usable for novels.
The key thing I like about this program is it stores its data in a ZIP-compressed, human-readable, XML file. If Mellel ever closed shop, I'll still be able to recover all my writing with relative ease, unlike having to draw it out of proprietary file formats used b
LaTeX (Score:3)
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LaTeX is not a word processor though.
Wordperfect (Score:2)
Yes really. Easy to deal with document formatting
Re: Wordperfect (Score:2)
Yes.
Miss the old WP that was rock solid stable, got out of your way and let you just write.
cat (Score:2)
cat >> memos/(name}
followed by typing, middle pasting links, etc. Ctrl-C to stop adding to the note.
Microsoft Visual Studio (Score:5, Informative)
VIM!!! (Score:2)
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Mostly none. (Score:2)
Outside of school, in real life, I haven't really found any need for formatting text for print in the nine years I've been working professionally, except for an occasional CV, which I think I did in Adobe Illustrator because I wanted more control over the graphical elements.
Scripsit (Score:2)
Word 2003 / LaTeX (Score:2)
LaTeX for more technical material and presentations. Word 2003 (the last version with menus rather than ribbon) for everything else.
WordPerfect 5.1 for MSDOS (Score:2)
The ultimate word processor was WordPerfect v5.1 for MSDOS
Re: WordPerfect 5.1 for MSDOS (Score:2)
Sorry, no, the ultimate in DOS days was Leading Edge Word Processor (LEWP).
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Geany (Score:2)
I use it for most everything. For simple text mcedit.
No LyX? That's inexcusable (Score:2)
AMD (Score:2)
They're my favorite processor. Definitely AMD.... Weren't they the first to handle 64 bit words?
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No, that would be the IBM 7030 back in 1961.
Re: AMD (Score:2)
The cool kids preferred DEC Alpha.
LaTeX (Score:2)
I'm surprised LaTeX wasn't a valid choice, but for some reason Notepad was? Notepad's not even a word processor; it's a text editor.
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Technically, LaTeX isn't a word processor, either. It's a type setting program. That said, I use the LyX front end and do most of my document production in it and output to .pdf. When I need word compatibility, I use generally use LibreOffice. I do miss WordPerfect, but not enough to run Windows to get it.
Adobe FrameMaker on Solaris (Score:2)
I'd qualify it as a bit more than a word processor, but Adobe FrameMaker on Solaris FTW !
Missing option (Score:2)
WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS. The absolute greatest word processing program of all time. Only Notepad and Notepad++ come close to meeting its speed and usability.
Emacs + LaTeX (Score:2)
Scrivener (Score:4, Informative)
Anybody use Scrivener [literatureandlatte.com]?
Bit of a learning curve, but worth checking out.
What about Cowboyneal's typewriter? (Score:2)
There seems to never be a CowboyNeal Option anymore and no option for "I still use a typewriter you insensitive clod" either.
'dd' (Score:2)
Abiword (Score:2)
Nobody ever remembers Abiword. :(
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I remember! I think I still have a bunch of stuff in Abiword format!
I still use Gnumeric
Custom built magnetic laser (Score:2)
What? No Wordstar? (Score:2)
Re: What? No Wordstar? (Score:2)
Prefer page layout (Score:2)
I use Notepad++ for editing text in short form, or InDesign for making a document.
LEWP (Score:2)
Leading Edge Word Processor (LEWP)
LaTeX rulez (Score:2)
I can't help but use LaTeX :-)
WriteNow 4.0 (Score:2)
Your brain (Score:2)
I know... I know... but the question didn't ask about word processing software! And you won't get far using word processing software without the most basic word processor there is - your brain. And if you look at how some brains are processing words... well - I definitely prefer my own.
Look at you, all hardcore and $^*x# (Score:3)
Not in the print business (Score:2)
I stick to plain text paragraphs. Any kind of formatting is just causing headaches.
Forgotten Heros (Score:2)
What, no WordStar 4.0?!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Cryptpad (Score:2)
I selfhost a cryptpad instance and have moved the Google Docs I use over to it.
Telewriter 64 for the Tandy COCO (Score:2)
Whatever supports .rtf's (Score:2)
vi + TeX + LaTeX (Score:2)
'nuff said.
Old School (Score:2)
AppleWorks
Re: Old School (Score:2)
Actually letâ(TM)s say: AppleWorks, WordPerfect, Lotus, and that one I wrote in high school.
A magnetized needle... (Score:2)
LaTeX (Score:2)
Since a long time, I switched to LaTeX. Clean presentation of the document.
Text editor may change... Joe when editing through SSH, Emacs when editing locally...
AbiWord (Score:2)
Even though my preference for Linux desktop environments leans towards KDE, I find I really like the Gnome word processor AbiWord. It's well thought-out and everything is where I expect it.
No, vim or N
Emacs + TeX (Score:2)
Not LaTeX.
"word processor" (Score:2)
"word processor" is such a weird term. My favorite application for applying processes to words is Python.
But my favorite application for creating documents that contain primarily words is... it depends. Notepad++ for doing useful things with text. MS Word for making documents that are pretty. Google docs for making documents that may or may not be pretty, but that I can access from many places and will likely survive and be find-able through multiple computer upgrades and replacements.
Strangely, one of th
Joe's own Editor (Score:2)
For all stuff I do in the terminal, I use joe since 1998. At that time it was just better for random file editing (config files, etc) on Linux servers than Vi and such.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Wordstar 2000!!! (Score:2)
Because, the computer peaked in 1983!
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Ditto.
Every time someone sends me a Word doc to review, I just shake my head in wonderment. Why in the world would I send this document around when you could have just shared a link to our collaboration platform?