Looking for a freeform text editor for PC and/or iPad. It can be browserware. Imagine an infinite canvas that you can arrange text on. Click to type. Drag blocks of text here and there. Does it exist?
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posted by hifimofo
on Sep 4, 2012 -
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Some tech blogger - probably one with a Mac focus - wrote a post about leaving TextMate for a different text editor, in the style of someone addressing a person with whom they were ending a romantic relationship. Can you help me find it?
posted by Egg Shen
on Jul 27, 2012 -
4 answers
WordPad is a bare-bones RTF editor. What app will approximate WordPad on an Android? Bonus points if the editor also syncs itself between Android and Windows.
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posted by foursentences
on Dec 24, 2011 -
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Microsoft Word 2010 doesn't seem to recognize some of my keyboard inputs. Maybe due to the language my keyboard is set. Can't figure how to customize or otherwise tell it that a [set keyboard shortcut] is already equated to a [set character].
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posted by CelebrenIthil
on Oct 25, 2011 -
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What great code/text editors provide a perfectly consistent experience across both Mac and Windows environments?
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posted by Shepherd
on Oct 13, 2011 -
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Lots of text editors, like the one I use, have these nifty snippet or text expander features that let you type a couple characters, hit a tab button and have a bunch more text come out. It seems like this could really up my game as a blogger and writer (not a coder), I just don't know how. What neat sorts of things are you using snippets to do that would save me time, impress the opposite sex or otherwise change my life?
posted by Apropos of Something
on Jul 28, 2011 -
5 answers
I need to find a way to have my browser (either Chrome or Firefox) automatically detect spelling errors within the text fields on my company's website.
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posted by mammary16
on Jun 20, 2011 -
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The default plain text editor on my work computer drives me up the wall, and I'm not allowed to download a replacement. Are there any online plain text editors I can use to draft an occasional HTML or CSS file and preview my results?
posted by ocherdraco
on Apr 22, 2011 -
11 answers
What options for word processors are there for Android tablets? How well do they work? Would a keyboard attachment make one equivalent to working on a netbook?
posted by Artw
on Apr 1, 2011 -
12 answers
I'm looking for a plain text editor for my Android phone that a) is free; b) does Dropbox syncing; c) can handle folders like what Plaintext for iOS does. Are there any apps that meet all three requirements?
posted by philosophygeek
on Mar 13, 2011 -
3 answers
I'm looking for a text editor or word processor for the iPhone that can do things like search for and remove newlines, or replace tabs with five spaces or vice versa.
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posted by lore
on Jan 17, 2011 -
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What is the name of this obscure Mac text editor that draws ASCII art boxes and lines by dragging them out?
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posted by Wild_Eep
on Nov 8, 2009 -
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I'm beginning the long process of physically typing my dissertation, and I want to tap the hive mind for how to make the best use of my text editor. Yes, I said text editor: I know that programmers swear by emacs/vim/whatever for physically manipulating text, and I want to know what tricks they know that will be useful for someone writing actual English, not just code.
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posted by philosophygeek
on Feb 11, 2009 -
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I want a text editor for Mac with auto-indent the way Textpad for PC does it, along with syntax highlighting.
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posted by jesirose
on Oct 27, 2007 -
12 answers
