Editing WordStar (section)

==Bidirectional text==
Around 1978, [[Elbit Systems]] in Israel developed a CP/M-capable microcomputer named the [[DS2100]]. CP/M machines were readily available and Elbit needed something to differentiate their product from others. An agreement was made with MicroPro to develop a version of WordStar that supported both English and Hebrew input. The concept was revolutionary, as Hebrew is written right-to-left and all word processors of the time assumed left-to-right. WordStar, as developed by Elbit, was the first word processor that offered bidirectional input and mixed alphabets.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Elbit acquired rights to the source code and a development team in Elbit, Haifa, worked on the project. For several years Hebrew-English WordStar was the ''de facto'' [[WYSIWYG]] word processor leader until, inevitably, it was ousted by newer competitors.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}