Rough Draft is aimed at writers including journalists, novelists, playwrights etc with some neat features. (This was the market that Serif PagePlus had come to dominate over decades.)īeing able to dive into the layout you've set previously to change two words or rewrite several paragraphs is an everyday occurrence. My irritation about not having a built-in text editor is because I frequently receive content that a) needs more editing b) arrives late c) is altered futher by the "editorial board" d) has errors subsequently revised by the original contributor! As for most editors, there is a deadline set by others. I commission, edit, provide DTP layout including artwork for two voluntary organisations' journals. I'm from the rather smaller one of editors. I agree about text editors being a personal choice, but I would guess that the largest market is for coders. But see the 1st sentence of this posting. I have had the command set embedded in my muscle memory since the early 1980's. It's free and there are probably ports to all major OS environments. There have been red-vs-blue partisan arguments over vi-vs-emacs for at least 35 years, and the same arguments continue today with a 3rd or 4th generation of participants.įor a pure keystroke editor, no styling at all, no rich text support, no built-in tagging support, I like vim, which is the modern extension of vi. Text editors are a highly personal choice.
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