What is your preferred word processor?
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What is your preferred word processor?
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Lithograph or CowboyNeal Hex Editor Pro (Score:2)
I can't decide which of those technologies I like better for making my documents fancy.
Re: (Score:2)
For processing of words I like VIM. :%s/unacceptable/fantastic/g
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EMACS rulz!
Notepad++ (Score:3)
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:3)
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.
An Underwood mechanical typewriter (Score:2)
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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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:2)
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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:2)
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Kile / LaTeX for anything that will be read on paper by someone else.
WordPerfect (Score:1, 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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I only use two WPs (Score:2)
TeXstudio is my first choice, LibreOffice is the backup.
Word and gdocs (Score:3)
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!
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
Re: Ami Pro (Score:1)
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?
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:2)
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.
When I find myself using a word processor.... (Score:1)
I used to make mountains of MS Word documents, but I don't even reme
Jacq-Rite (Score:1)
Microsoft Visual Studio (Score:3)
VIM!!! (Score:2)
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.
Emacs + Org Mode + LaTeX export (Score:1)
Nothing comes close.
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).
Geany (Score:2)
I use it for most everything. For simple text mcedit.
No LyX? That's inexcusable (Score:2)
Kate (Score:1)
Anyone else using Kate regularly. Lots of good editor features, but not an IDE. Every few years I go back and check around, but the past couple keep bringing me back to Kate.
LyX or Markdown (Score:1)
AMD (Score:2)
They're my favorite processor. Definitely AMD.... Weren't they the first to handle 64 bit words?
LaTeX (Score:1)
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:1)
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.