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The built-in TextEdit (in plain text mode) is also a perfectly cromulent minimum viable text editor.
by simondotau 5mo ago
The built-in TextEdit (in plain text mode) is also a perfectly cromulent minimum viable text editor.
- krackers 5mo agoI wonder if anyone has taken the source of TextEdit [1] and added some minor niceties to just make it slightly more convenient for text editing (like adding line numbers). [1] https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/samplecode/TextEdit/Introduction/Intro.html https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/samplecode/TextE...
- hackermanai 5mo agoNot a textedit fork, but I am building a minimal text editor with niceties based on scintilla. So performance wise on par with Notepad++ et al.
- simondotau 5mo agoI find the free edition of BBEdit to be an excellent middle ground between TextEdit and a full-fat IDE.