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Step Up Your Notepad++ Game With Powerful Plug-Ins

You don’t have to go hunting to find plug-ins for the excellent, lightweight text editor Notepad++ — there are a whole bunch already installed, and the others are in one big pack. There are, however, a lot of them. Here are some worth the few extra clicks to check out.


March 17, 2011
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Ommwriter Brings Its Distraction-Free Writing Tool To Windows

Mac/Windows: The seriously relaxing Ommwriter was one of our favourite distraction-free writing tools, and now Windows users can enjoy the same tranquil sounds and sights as they write.


March 2, 2011
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Verbum Is A Theme-Friendly Word Processor For Windows

Windows only: Verbum doesn’t have an Office-style “Ribbon”, but it’s not a code-friendly developer’s tool, either. It’s simply a word processor that supports most formats and seems really usable and friendly, even in its current alpha state.


January 18, 2011
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Nebulous Notes Is A Dropbox-Syncing Text Editor For Writing Code

iOS: We’ve seen Dropbox-syncing text editors (like PlainText) before but Nebulous Notes takes on more than just journaling and note-taking by also offering features geared towards developers.


January 5, 2011
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Kod Is A Free Text Editor Designed For Programmers

Mac OS X: Kod is a simple and free OS X text editor geared toward programmers that offers easy navigation and terminal integration.


December 15, 2010
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Notational Velocity Alt Text Editor Syncs With Simplenote

Mac OS X: Notational Velocity Alt is an alternate version to the popular Simplenote-syncing text editor Notational Velocity, offering several additional features for those seeking more functionality than the original app provides.


December 10, 2010
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Epistle Is Android’s Dropbox Note Sync

Android: Epistle is a simple text editor for Android devices that syncs directly with your Dropbox.


December 6, 2010
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Five Best Text Editors

Despite decades of advancement in computing power, nothing has replaced the usefulness of a good text editor—whether you’re managing a to-do list or find yourself elbow-deep in code. Here’s a look at five of the best text editors.


November 18, 2010
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Google Docs Adds Editing On Mobile Devices

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Long have we waited for a version of Google Docs that would work on our smartphones, and today, Google will start rolling out a mobile editor for both the iPhone and Android.


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Google Docs Adds Autocorrect, Shortcut-Based Text Substitution

Good news for people who can’t help making the same typos over and over, or those who find text substitution apps like our own Texter a real time saver: Google Docs now features automatic, customisable text correction and substitution.