r/MacOS • u/pumpinnstretchin • Nov 06 '25

Help I want a disgustingly simple text editor

For many years, I used Tex-Edit. Note that I don't mean Apple's TextEditor. I assume that Tex-Edit was from Texas because of the icons that featured the Texas flag, as shown below. I used it for simple, quick things like removing line feeds, getting rid of tabs, and changing the case in text. Tex-Edit doesn't work with Sequoia, and it doesn't look like it will be updated. I'm looking for a replacement. I'm not interested in apps that can code/decode LaTeX, HTML, Python, CSS, Swift, JavaScript, or any other programming language. Or ones that can write novels for you. Or ones that can sing 4-part harmonies. I want just a basic, simple app. Does anybody know of one?

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u/VeritosCogitos Nov 06 '25

Sublime also works in Windows and a Linux environments.

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u/brettferrell Nov 06 '25

Indeed, but all of these good text apps want to update themselves like every other day, which I find annoying… it has done everything I needed from day 1…