Date   : Mon, 28 Sep 1987 15:26:59 GMT
From   : abp@j.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland)
Subject: Re: WordStar 4.0

I've been using WordStar 4.0 for CP/M for about nine days now.  It does seem
to be BIG improvement on version 3.3 (which came with my Kaypro).  The undo
(^U) is really nice (though I haven't yet had cause to use it), and the
improved
printer support is no ad man's hype!  It supports microjustification on most
dot matrix printers (RX-80 etc.).  It supports proportional spacing and the 
built-in underlining on my Toshiba 1340.  It does the bold facing and double
striking by performing a carriage return, instead of back-spacing the printer
to death (as the Qume Sprint 5 driver in 3.3 did).  The installation program
is huge improvement over earier ones.  It now patches the program directly,
instead of laboriously making a copy, and then patching that.  By the way, it
also supports several laser printer (e.g. HP).  No Postscript support, however.

I have found two things (so far) that I don't like.  You can no longer print
a file while editing another.  On the other hand, 4.0 seems to drive the
printer
more efficiently, so you get some of that time back.  Second, if you run a
program or the spelling checker from inside WordStar, WordStar "forgets" the
name of the last file that you edited.  Type ^R, and nothing happens.

                               Jeff Wieland
                               abp@j.cc.purdue.edu