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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: -1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday May 08 2018, @11:55PM (7 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday May 08 2018, @11:55PM (#677252) Homepage Journal

    Eat My Ass, Cock Sucker.

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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @02:47AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @02:47AM (#677314)

    'Cause You're Gay, Right?

  • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Wednesday May 09 2018, @03:49PM (1 child)

    by Wootery (2341) on Wednesday May 09 2018, @03:49PM (#677473)

    Vitriolic Invective, 'Mighty?

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:38PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:38PM (#677493) Journal

    I don't have a dog in this debate, but I find it amusing that pretty much everyone has missed the stab at emacs. Looks like everyone thought you were insulting or propositioning Mud Duck Crawford. Allow me to reformat your post so no one can miss it:

    Eat
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    Sucker