Y e olde word processor of ancient lore. The venerable Word. The wily Docs. The inscrutable Pages. All these brave warriors of the written word now long vanquished by sleeker, smarter and better contenders. I, too, am guilty of forsaking my beloved Pages for the brute strength of Scrivener and the sleek curves of Ulysses and that slinky temptress known as iAWriter. But can you blame me? I am but a man who writes words. Simple words. And simple words need no margin settings or fancy title pages. There are no reasons for sharing my words with the clouds, as if a hundred other zealous writers will add their thoughts to my doc, live and in real time. My words need only a space to exist, and the occasional markdown so I need not lift my hands from the keyboard to navigate to a bulky options menu. Automatic saving and backup to iCloud is also helpful. Right now, I am obsessed with Ulysses. It has the markdown features I sought but could not find. When I need to italicize something, I ne...
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