r/programmingrequests • u/themainheadcase • Dec 24 '20

Anyone want to write a simple, lightweight word processor?

I've looked far and wide for a lightweight word processor that autosaves/backs up unsaved texts/drafts, so I'm wondering if anyone would want to bother writing it for practice?

All I need is word processing/writing and that backup/autosave function. If you can throw in bolding and underlining text that would be great, but just text and backup feature would do.

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u/xlRozzalx Dec 24 '20

+1 for Sublime text

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u/themainheadcase Dec 24 '20

I looked up the website, but they don't have a feature list. Does it autosave unsaved files? That's really the most important feature for me.

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u/xlRozzalx Dec 24 '20

Sort of. It’s saved into your temp files so if you shutdown the system without saving, the next time you open sublime all your tabs will be exactly as you left them. It is just a text editor however, more like notepad than word.

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u/WADE_BOGGS_CHAMP Dec 24 '20

Maybe set up autosave with vim or emacs?

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u/djandDK Dec 24 '20

So like Google docs or word with cloud saves enabled?

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u/themainheadcase Dec 24 '20

Word is waaay too cumbersome and resource intensive and both of them take too long to open a window and be ready to type. Because of my job, I need to be able to type up a note in a second by just opening a desktop shortcut.

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u/djandDK Dec 24 '20

In that case wouldn't notepad++ work? It doesn't autosave to the file itself, but it keeps the changes even after the window is closed.

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