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Download wordstar for dos
Download wordstar for dos






download wordstar for dos

WSConvert will convert your WordStar documents to a format which is readable by modern systems. Markdown can also be used directly in several webpages ( Github, Medium etc.) Features and bugs This utility uses some Pandoc specific markdown features (superscript, subscript, footnote.) that might not be recognized by some converters. The Pandoc utility can convert Markdown to most document formats: docx, pdf, epub, latex. Easy and intuitive to learn and write it's also simple to convert from/to other formats. Markdown is an easy to understand file format, with a good set of text formatting options.

  • -t, -textmode output to unformatted (text) file.
  • -o OUTPUT, -output OUTPUT output file name.
  • -h, -help show this help message and exit.
  • (Optional) MikTex or TexLive - for Pandoc PDF conversion.
  • (Optional) Pandoc - to further convert Markdown (html, docx, odf, epub.).
  • Python 3 - needed to execute the program.
  • It was tested on WS 5.5 documents, but AFAIK, the file format was mostly unchanged so it should work with other versions too. This utility, written in Python3 makes a basic conversion from WordStar documents to formatted Markdown or unformatted text. I prefer version 5.5, as it automatically reflows the text as you write and has complete document style settings using the dot commands.Īs WordStar was totally abandoned in the Windows era, currently no complete conversion utility exists to read or convert WordStar documents.

    download wordstar for dos

    You can find a copy on Dos abandonware websites. If you would like to try it, it can be run in a DosBox virtual machine.

    download wordstar for dos

    Its keyboard shortcuts are still available as plugins for several text editors and word processors. Some writers still use it as a main tool for writing. Wordstar, one of the most popular an powerful word processor of the '80s, is still considered a very capable word processor, with focus on writing, no distractions, no breaks in the flow of writing. This is a simple conversion utility written in Python to convert documents created with the WordStar word processor to more modern formats.








    Download wordstar for dos