Word Grinder: Terminal Based Distraction Free Word Processor
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Nice. There are also WriteRoom (mac) and DarkRoom (win), and on Linux PyRoom, whose website is defunct but which does have a wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyRoom. I would just use nano or vim, but their disadvantage is that word wrap, and moving around between wrapped lines, don't work (by default) like you'd want from a plaintext editor.
Related: WordGrinder: Terminal-based distraction free word processor - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35530372 - April 2023 (68 comments) (Reposts are fine after a year or so; links to past threads are just to satisfy extra-curious readers)
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- 249
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- 96
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-23 | Wordgrinder: A word processor which gets the hell out of your way | sea6ear | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-04-11 | Word Grinder: Terminal Based Distraction Free Word ProcessorFirst breakout · Best thread | sathishmanohar | 143 | 68 |
| 2024-07-31 | WordGrinder: A simple word processor that runs on the consoleLatest 20+ point return | netule | 105 | 28 |