Which word processor to choose for the Pinephone?

[TRS-80]

Emacs and vim are not word processors at all, they are just text editors. And not even designed for touch interfaces anyway.

"Just" text editors.  Well, maybe Vim...

Emacs is more like a Lisp based framework for dealing with text (of all kinds).  You could implement a 'word processor' and/or many other things (and many people already have).  It's really a completely different thing, which therefore takes some getting your mind around, at first.

For example, I am editing this post right now, in BBCode mode, in Emacs, via the 'Edit with Emacs' browser add-on.  But this is on my main battle station (desktop).

I am assuming keyboard usage, yes.  Since we have a physical keyboard (at least I do).  When combined with that (and Emacs), I find using the PinePhone to edit text a treat, actually.  A lot of the problems with touch based interfaces (especially on mobile) simply go away when you use a program which was originally intended for terminal usage (and you get used to the keybindings for moving around).

Sigh I finally found something to disagree with TRS80 about.

I use Vim, a lot.  I even use it in instances when most people would use a word processor, but it is not a word processor, and I can't imagine using it witha touch screen.  Well, I can, because I have.  But I sure don't recommend it.

Emacs should be capable of beinga word processor, shouldn't it?

I already addressed the bit about the keyboard, above.

I guess it depends what you mean by 'word processor'.

Luckily, I don't have to edit (M$) 'Word' documents almost ever.  I keep all my own (extensive) notes in plain text (Orgmode) files.  Which can be exported to many formats (including HTML, LaTeX, PDF, etc.).

For more fancy looking things, there is LaTeX, which far, far exceeds the document formatting capabilities of any 'word processor'.  Although, I will admit the learning curve might be even more than for Emacs itself.