Qtext
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QText was a famous and popular Hebrew-English word processing application for DOS
in the late 80s and early 90s. It was developed by Dvir Software from kibbutz
Dvir, Israel
, and programmed in Turbo Pascal
.
QText was one of the first word processing applications that worked in logical order (by letter-typing-order and not visual order). It was also one of the first applications to support Hebrew filenames. In its DOS incarnations, the interface was text-based and did not offer WYSIWYG
.
QText faded out from the public as Windows
gained popularity and Microsoft Word
with Hebrew support became available, although QText offered a few Windows-compatible versions.
QText is no longer developed.
If you go back to an early version of their web pages (http://web.archive.org/web/19981202053350/http://www.qtext.co.il/) in the wayback machine and follow the links, you can find a working (tested July 2011) link to a 30 day free trial of the Windows version. This may be sufficient for recovering a document.
QText is a freeware for displaying notes on desktop (http://www.jmedved.com/qtext/).
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
in the late 80s and early 90s. It was developed by Dvir Software from kibbutz
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Dvir, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, and programmed in Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal
Turbo Pascal is a software development system that includes a compiler and an integrated development environment for the Pascal programming language running on CP/M, CP/M-86, and DOS, developed by Borland under Philippe Kahn's leadership...
.
QText was one of the first word processing applications that worked in logical order (by letter-typing-order and not visual order). It was also one of the first applications to support Hebrew filenames. In its DOS incarnations, the interface was text-based and did not offer WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
.
QText faded out from the public as Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
gained popularity and Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
with Hebrew support became available, although QText offered a few Windows-compatible versions.
QText is no longer developed.
If you go back to an early version of their web pages (http://web.archive.org/web/19981202053350/http://www.qtext.co.il/) in the wayback machine and follow the links, you can find a working (tested July 2011) link to a 30 day free trial of the Windows version. This may be sufficient for recovering a document.
QText is a freeware for displaying notes on desktop (http://www.jmedved.com/qtext/).