Ask HN: An editor that let's me write without distraction

4 pointsby Siah14 anni fa13 comments

I am a writer and I am often too distracted by things like formatting my text, pagination or things that have nothing to do with my writing like gmail notifications on my chrome. I am wondering if the HN community knows about a text editor that let's me write without much distraction. Something that has a spellchecker and a nice font and not much else. If it can shut off my internet while I am writing that would be a plus :) I used to use emacs but its font it too ugly.

10 comments

awfabian214 anni fa

http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts

cfqycwz14 anni fa

Writemonkey[1] is a clutter-free text editor I use for prose with a lot of customization and power under the surface--it calls itself "zenware". I highly recommend it.

1: http://writemonkey.com/

jnorthrop14 anni fa

OmmWriter (http://www.ommwriter.com) is my tool of choice. It will fill the screen, block out notifications, has very few formatting options and even the menu disappears. By default it'll play some soft music and has a "peaceful" background but those can be removed. It doesn't have a spell checker though.

Xavura14 anni fa

Write Room [http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom/] (Mac/iOS)

tonyjwang14 anni fa

Notepad++

Like notepad, but with basic features (tabs, indentation, syntax colors) for virtually any language you program in.

adharmad14 anni fa

emacs darkroom mode is also nice for distraction free writing.

Here is a screenshot: http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/darkroommode-s...

smoody14 anni fa

something like this?

http://www.iawriter.com/

Siah14 anni fa

What font are they using. That is nice alas I use Linux and I also virtualize a windows 7. Is there a similar application for Linux or Win?

pinion24714 anni fa

http://www.boldmonday.com/en/nitti

pinion24714 anni fa

iA Writer is great. Syncs from my Mac to my iPad via Dropbox. Very simple and elegant interface. Its "Focus-mode" might be exactly what you're looking for.

JohnHaugeland14 anni fa

Hashify.me (web)

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Scrivener (Win/Mac)

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Sublime Text (Win)

OmmWriter Dana (Win)

MarkdownPad (Win)

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MultiMarkdown (Mac)

TextMate (Mac)

Marked (Mac)

Calepin (Mac)

Markdown Pro (Mac)

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Elements (iOS)

Heart Writer (iOS)

Writing Kit (iOS)

Paragraft (iOS)

Write! (iOS)

michaelbuddy14 anni fa

sublime text is cross platform Win / Linux / Mac. Also it has a mode called Distraction-Free Shift+F11

JohnHaugeland14 anni fa

I did not know it was portable. Thanks for the correction :)

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