Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
FocusWriter is a cross-platform tool available to be easily installed on multiple GNU/Linux distributions, as well as Windows and Mac OS.
FocusWriter isn't super powerful, nor is it deeply extensible, but it's not entirely special feature-less either, with the FocusWriter website listing its features as:
- TXT, basic RTF, Docx, basic ODT file support
- Timers and alarms
- Daily goals
- Fully customizable themes
- Typewriter sound effects (optional)
- Auto-save (optional)
- Live statistics (optional)
- Spell-checking (optional)
- Multi-document support
- Sessions
- Portable mode (optional)
- Translated into over 20 languages
The program opens the editing interface in fullscreen on start. All you see on start is a blank text document and a wooden background; no menus, buttons or other interface elements that may get in your way. How do you interact with the program then? How do you exit it, load documents, or change some of the default options? All you need to do is move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen and move it back down a bit afterward.
Because, why not? We haven't had an all-out Vim/Emacs war in a while.
Source: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/05/06/a-look-at-focuswriter-distraction-free-text-editor-on-gnu-linux/
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Knowledge Troll on Tuesday May 08 2018, @10:43PM
The desire to say get off my lawn was almost won except then I realized someone wanted me to do that.
Anymore for projects I typically use Eclipse + CDT and EPIC. Vim in the default configuration if I need to change something on a box I'm running or any other quick job.