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What makes (plain-text) TextEdit insufficient?

• disembiggen 2y ago
  It refuses to open files it doesn't like the filetype of, it won't save as an arbitrary filetype, it defaults to being a variable-width font and it has a few too many bells and whistles because it's clearly meant to edit RTF files, I'd say. Sometimes you want something completely spartan.
  • neilalexander 2y ago
    It opens anything — the "Open" dialog will allow you to select any filetype and you can also drop any kind of file onto the TextEdit icon in the Dock to open it. As for plain-text, you can go into the Settings and switch it into plain-text mode, which it remembers. You can even set it not to append ".txt" to the filename when saving, allowing you to enter whatever file extension you want when saving.
• soulofmischief 2y ago
  Both Notepad and TextEdit are some of the most insufferably feature-void applications I've ever used. Even for a basic note-taking app.
  • markatkinson 2y ago
    That's part of the charm. I think I've mostly replaced Notepad with Clipy.