I am looking for a minimalistic word editor for my creative writing. Basically I would like something like the “notes” app on OSX just with the option to save your writing as a separate file. Does anyone know of something like that?
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Writeapp – Alexander Sep 10 '19 at 18:05
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@Alexander if you could expand on why that's a good suggestion it could make a great answer ;) – DJ Spicy Deluxe Sep 10 '19 at 21:18
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It would help to know what platform(s) you are using. – Terri Simon Sep 13 '19 at 20:17
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How minimalist we talking? Would Notepad.exe do? – Weckar E. Sep 21 '19 at 20:34
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If you're using a mac, try "TextEdit," it's built-in. You can also look into TextMate (on mac) or (if you're on Windows) Notepad++. They're both very simple text editors but they have support for markdown if you want to add some style. – Erk Sep 22 '19 at 0:26
I like Notepad++. It has more features than you might want, but it is NOT a document formatter. It is nothing like Microsoft. It is single font, which you can make be a fixed-space font for a typewriter look. It loads quickly, saves files easily, keeps backup files, and doesn't take a lot to learn it.
But, it is multi-window, so you can edit more than one file at a time, or look up in one while writing in another. It has some spell-checking ability you can add (or turn on), but it does not have (AFAIK) Grammerly integration.
If you want platform independence, Notepad++ works pretty well, with very similar products being available on Linux and Windows.
Have you considered using Google docs?
