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A Look at FocusWriter Distraction Free Text Editor on GNU/Linux

posted by janrinok on Tuesday May 08 2018, @10:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-just-another-editor dept.

MrPlow writes:

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/

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 08 2018, @11:54PM (4 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 08 2018, @11:54PM (#677251)

    Mechanical typewriter, because fuck you Apple for ruining the laptop keyboard.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by hemocyanin on Wednesday May 09 2018, @05:40AM (3 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Wednesday May 09 2018, @05:40AM (#677348) Journal

    Here's one of my clay tablets for you to smash it with.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday May 09 2018, @09:45AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 09 2018, @09:45AM (#677390) Journal

      Where's my '+ Altruistic' mod?

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    • (Score: 3, Touché) by bob_super on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:23PM (1 child)

      by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:23PM (#677484)

      Heretic ! Don't you know that Apple's excellent designs deserve no less than smashing-by-marble-tablet ?
      Carrara marble, at that.
      Gold trim optional.

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:40PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:40PM (#677494) Journal

        You'll have to put a lot of gold trim on that Apple device, to make it worthy of being smashed with some marble chips.