"Carlos E. R."
I didn't find ws awkward. I easily learned its keyboard and found it quite easy and fast.
Agreed.
Actually, I found wordperfect awkward.
Same here- those function keys sequences drove me crazy. I find learning Emacs easier. I stuck with Wordstar under Desqview for the longest time (I started using WS under CP/M on an Osborne IIB)- I hated Windows right From the beginning. I think I still have Wordstar 5.5 in its original box somewhere.
And similar with the successors: amipro, word, openoffice... ws could be managed fast without a mouse.
Very true, that is one of the reasons why I don't use a word processor (the other being that I prefer to keep everything as text files). Emacs' Muse mode: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsMuse is all I need. Also, I haven't found a PIM as powerful as the Muse (with wiki module loaded) + tables.el (for complex tables) http://table.sourceforge.net/ + planner mode: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PlannerMode + remember-mode: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/RememberMode + Gnus: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en?CategoryGnus + bbdb: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/emacs-en?CategoryBbdb + emacs-w3m: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/emacs-w3m combo. Charles