Text editor

A text editor is a piece of computer software for editing plain text.

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Computer software - Plain text

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It is distinguished from a word processor in that it does not manage document formatting or other features commonly used in desktop publishing.

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Word processor - Desktop publishing

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Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code.

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Operating system - Programming language - Source code

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Some text editors are small and simple, while others offer a broad and complex range of functionality. For example, Unix and Unix-like operating systems have the vi editor (or a variant), but many also include the Emacs editor to edit text as well. Microsoft Windows systems come with the very simple Notepad, though many people (especially programmers) use a more complete program. Under Apple Macintosh's classic Mac OS, there was the native SimpleText, which was replaced or supplemented by WorldText. Under Mac OS X, TextEdit is the included default editor, which saves files in rich text, plain text, and other formats.

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Unix - Vi - Emacs - Microsoft Windows - Notepad - Apple Macintosh - Mac OS - SimpleText - WorldText - Mac OS X - TextEdit

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