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> MacWrite was released in 1984. 7 years before comparable graphical, WYSIWYG competitors.

You realize there were other systems besides PC and Mac?

Signum for the Atari ST came out in 1986. It was a fully fledged WYSIWYG text processor with special printer drivers for regular dot matrix printers. Even with a 9-pin you could create great looking output, if you had the patience (a single page took minutes to print). Signum was way ahead of MacWrite and was very popular with people needing special fonts in science/math and the humanities (you could quite easily design your own fonts). Also, it allowed for Right-to-left text, and of course the Atari ST was way cheaper than the Mac.



  *> You realize there were other systems besides PC and Mac?*
Yep, I do. I was an Atari ST, then Amiga user until long past when those platforms were considered alive. :-)

But in terms of influence, MacWrite had more (eg. Microsoft Word for Mac).

For general consumer use, I found MacWrite much better than Signum. But I can see your point in terms of academics and non-English speakers.

BTW, if anyone's curious, I believe the actual first WYSIWYG word processor was probably Bravo[1]. And Bravo somewhat influenced MacWrite.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bravo_(editor)


LisaWrite predates MacWrite by about one year.




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