Re: freeware to justify text.. WordStar 3.3/4.0

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Jul 2026 18:59:20 +0800
Newsgroups alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.software.thunderbird,news.software.readers
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On 7/6/2026 10:42 PM, Alan K. wrote:
> On 7/6/26 9:52 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>
>> Justification!! Related to "Justice"? :)
>>
>> I don't think Thunderbird could do that...
>
> I always knew it as right-left-justification.
> But if you notice that section of text he 
> highlighted there are no extra spaces to force
> the r-l justification.   It just happens to 
> work out that way.
> 
> That's how most justification is done.  Wider 
> spaces applied along with hyphenation where
> needed helps too.

Thanks. I am still wondering whether Thunderbird
or the old Netscape could justify texts like
Wordstar.

I am still impressed by Wordstar 3.3/4.0 doing
it properly. :)

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