[sclug] Re: Wanted: text mode word processor

[Jonathan H N Chin]

David Given wrote:
> I'm looking for a simple word processor that runs in a terminal. Can anyone
> suggest one? [...]
> What I would *really* like is Word 5 for DOS for Linux --- possibly
> Microsoft's greatest achievement. Simple, small, fast, and highly usable. But
> there doesn't seem to be anything like it around these days.

No?

Microsoft is (still) giving away Word 5.5:

    http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/25/free-file/

Unpack under linux with unzip.
Then run setup.exe inside dosemu or dosbox.

Configuring dosemu is left as an exercise for the reader.


-jonathan

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