Comments on: Q10: A Retro Text Editor

By: Lis

Lis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:57:40 +0000

I'm currently using write monkey which also runs oly under windows but does have a German dictionary you might try writeroom for Mac - not sure its free though

By: hospitalera

hospitalera — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:57:40 +0000

Seems writeroom offers a 30 day trial, I am happy with that, gives me enough time to test drive it and if I like it I will certainly buy it. SY
PS If you find a affi link for that one, I am happy to use it in case I decide to buy SY

By: hospitalera

hospitalera — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:36:57 +0000

From their web site
“Q10 runs under Windows.
No version for Linux or Mac is planned.”
ARRGGHH! And I thought I found the solution to focus more on writing despite my ADD / hyperactive brain problem ;-( Any ideas for MAC users anybody? SY

By: rgc

rgc — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:47:17 +0000

thanks Lissie, I will have to try this on my blog posts. I too am from the old monochrome monitor days. rgc’s last blog post..Electrician Training goes Green

By: rgc

rgc — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:44:49 +0000

thanks Lissie, rgc’s last blog post..Electrician Training goes Green

By: Lis

Lis — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:51:02 +0000

I havent used the character function – but I love the word count when I am writing for $! Also I write my today blogs in it and cut and paste knowing that I will not get any odd characters in the WordPress screen! Its also a good way to strip out odd characters – cut and paste back into Q10 and all you have is text!
Glad you are having fun!

By: Ms Terri

Ms Terri — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:57:53 +0000

I didn’t expect to like the typewriter sounds, but I do! I turn the volume of the speakers down pretty low, though. A little bit of those sounds goes a long way.

I just came back to tell that I’ve been using Q10 for a few days now, and I’m loving it! I love the simplicity of the screen. I think I’m actually thinking more clearly without all the clutter in front of me.

And the target word and character count feature is fantastic. I do stuff for Helium sometimes where there is a minimum character count. They give a minimum word count also, but that’s just for guidance — the software goes by characters. So I would have to keep on stopping, check the word count, then paste it into their system when I thought I had enough, only to get it rejected for not having enough characters — and then rinse, lather, and repeat, often several more times.

With the Q10, I just set the character goal, and it’s great. I really like the way it gives the percentages too as you type. That helps me know, on the fly, if I need to slow down and give more detail to fill out the length. I don’t have to go back and do it later.

Very, very cool program.

By: Lis

Lis — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:28:45 +0000

Its briiliant isn’t it – I should push it a bit more because if you are a writer for hire its perfect – has the word count, target word count and even a timer! Did you find the typewriter sounds – drives my partner insane

By: Ms Terri

Ms Terri — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:33:47 +0000

P.S. I just installed it — I *love* it! I was worried that it would be too hard to read all the way across the screen (screens are wider now than they were in the days of WP 4.2), but I saw you can change the margin of the typing area, no problem. Wow, this is very, very cool. Thanks so much for the tip!

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By: Ms Terri

Ms Terri — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:21:15 +0000

I miss WP 4.2!! That was my all-time favorite word processor.

I’m going to check this one out. I use a variety of things now — OpenOffice, mostly, but also a freeware word processor called “Rough Draft” (which you might like) when I don’t need all of the OpenOffice features. Sometimes I use plain old WordPad.

This one sounds like fun, plus the target word count sounds like it would be very helpful — I do several things that require minimum word counts (and one that has a maximum), and I’m constantly having to check and recheck my counts.

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