> I wanted something reasonably fast, with a simple way of producing graphics. Use the text widget in tcl/tk. It can display graphics and is powerful enough to

> I wanted something reasonably fast, with a simple way of producing graphics. Use the text widget in tcl/tk. It can display graphics and is powerful enough to build an old HTML 4.01 editor. > I wanted to draw a horizontal line between the name of the file and its contents. Use the text widget in tcl/tk. You can hard-code a base64 encoded gif/jpeg of a horizontal line, store it in memory, and display it wherever you need a horizontal line. > I wanted to be able to open new instances/windows of this text editor quickly to fit into my workflow. Use the text widget in tcl/tk. Tk's design is the old-school multiple-toplevel-window paradigm which is perfect for this use case. > And I wanted low-level control of how the text was rendered (fonts, syntax highlighting, and the ability to add vim keybindings.) Use the text widget in tcl/tk. It allows you to tag particular parts of the text which you can later manipulate. But it is way more lightweight than the DOM. > I wanted this to be easy. Then use the text widget in tcl/tk.