Comments on: Howto: Use Wordgrinder like a pro

By: hari

hari — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:12:18 +0000

OK, forget the above question, I found out that “toggle mark” is the way to select text and using the mouse on the xterm doesn’t work.

By: hari

hari — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:53:51 +0000

Here’s a silly question, but surprisingly I couldn’t find an answer to it yet.

Wordgrinder has cut/copy and paste features, but no obvious way to select text. How does one select text (without a mouse) in Wordgrinder?

It looks a realy good simple word processor reminiscent of WordStar.

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By: Timmy

Timmy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:55:47 +0000

My mom and I were both working on documents tonight. I used Wordgrinder, she used Word 2003.
Me: .
Her [calling from downstairs, with frustration]: I’ll tell you what! If I didn’t have to keep dealing with this automatic formatting I’d be done already!

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:42:39 +0000

Not sure; your image didn’t come through. I know I sometimes get unusual stepping effects when cutting and pasting between applications.

My only suggestion would be to use the cut buffer instead of copy-and-paste; in other words, shift-drag to highlight, and then middle button (or left-and-right-click together) to paste.

No guarantees though.

By: redandwhitestripes

redandwhitestripes — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:18:46 +0000

K.Mandala I have a silly problem that you can help me with perhaps. When I cut and paste my text from a text editor (Wordgrinder or Nano) into a blog or email, it often comes up with a strange layout.

It might look
something
like this for example.

What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?
Thanks,
Greg

By: achr

achr — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:55:27 +0000

You should also check out PyRoom, very similar and in some respects even more minimal (maybe an alternative for those afraid of the CLI). Have you tried it?

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:04:26 +0000

I don’t think so. Remember, it’s aimed at writers, so aside from basic editing, I think the author isn’t keen on adding too many features.

By: ikaruga

ikaruga — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:51:57 +0000

What about tables? Can wordgrinder do tables?

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