Hi John,
The TEXT extension to add Wordstar "diamond" cursor movement keys was
TXTSTR (TextStar).
It's an assembly language program that uses a keyboard hook, checks the
stack to see if you're
running TEXT and does the appropriate manipulations to emulate Wordstar
cursor movements.
It's in the Compuserve archive in Lib-02-Text under "TXTSTR.ASM" and
"TXTSTR.DOC" and
in the March 1989 issue of Portable 100 Magazine.
I was curious about Lapstar which is supposed to be a "stripped down"
version of Wordstar.
Lapstar was written by CISS Corporation, but there's almost no information
about Lapstar
on the web.
Regards,
Douglas
On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 4:58 PM John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't remember it being called that but portable 100 haf an article with
> a TEXT extension that adds wordstar key commands.
>
> That might be it.
>
> Let me know if you cannot find it (I'm on my phone).
>
> -- John
>
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 2:15 PM Douglas Quagliana <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Friends,
>> I came across a couple of references to a software package called
>> Lapstar, which is supposed to be a stripped down version of Wordstar for
>> model T computers. Howver, I couldn't find a copy of it anywhere. Does
>> anybody have more information on Lapstar?
>> Douglas
>>
>
