Like
Emacs.
FreeDOS would do that nicely.
From <https://tinker.sh/#about>:
The Tinker WriterDeck sits on top of a "headless" Debian Linux
image and boots directly into a console based text editor. We're
using the Tilde Text Editor because it is simple text editor, has
an intuitive User Interface, and allows for customized color
schemes for light and dark modes.
Should be possible to customize it to launch something else instead. Like >Emacs.
Is there a good TUI word processor, rather than text
editor? ie something you can do formatting like
bold/italics, headings, numbered sections, table of
contents etc, that you can visualise directly in the
editor?
From the «write yer next shitty novel» department:
Title: Tinker WriterDeck OS turns nearly any old laptop into a distraction-free writing machine
Author: Brad Linder
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:37:35 +0000
Link: https://liliputing.com/tinker-writerdeck-os-turns-nearly-any-old-laptop-into-a-distraction-free-writing-machine/
Some of the most interesting gadgets-with-keyboards I’ve seen over the past few
years have been distraction-free writing devices, or WriterDecks. These devices, which are basically the modern version of the word processors of yesteryear, include purpose-built hardware from companies focused on a niche market as well as DIY solutions. But if you’ve already got an […]
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From <https://tinker.sh/#about>:
The Tinker WriterDeck sits on top of a "headless" Debian Linux
image and boots directly into a console based text editor. We're
using the Tilde Text Editor because it is simple text editor, has
an intuitive User Interface, and allows for customized color
schemes for light and dark modes.
Should be possible to customize it to launch something else instead. Like Emacs.
Theo:
Is there a good TUI word processor, rather than text
editor? ie something you can do formatting like
bold/italics, headings, numbered sections, table of
contents etc, that you can visualise directly in the
editor?
I think VDE a great candidate:
<https://web.archive.org/web/20201011200758/https://sites.google.com/site/vdeeditor/Home/about-vde>
The site is not fully archived, but you can find VDE
elsewhere.
Of course there's Markdown and Latex, but they aren't word processing.
On 18 Apr 2025 17:16:15 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote:
Of course there's Markdown and Latex, but they aren't word processing.
After all the years of WYSIWYG being in fashion, people are
(re)discovering the benefits of going back to some kind of markup notation
on top of plain text.
Scott Dorsey:
FreeDOS would do that nicely.
Is there any software for FreeDOS that will support
a laptop display's native resolution? LCDs suck at
displaying non-native resolutions -- a problem sadly
ignored or poorly addressed by manu emulators:
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
On 18 Apr 2025 17:16:15 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote:
Of course there's Markdown and Latex, but they aren't word processing.
After all the years of WYSIWYG being in fashion, people are
(re)discovering the benefits of going back to some kind of markup notation >> on top of plain text.
Well observed.
Ethan Carter <ec1828@somewhere.edu> wrote at 17:03 this Saturday (GMT):
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
On 18 Apr 2025 17:16:15 +0100 (BST), Theo wrote:
Of course there's Markdown and Latex, but they aren't word processing.
After all the years of WYSIWYG being in fashion, people are
(re)discovering the benefits of going back to some kind of markup notation >>> on top of plain text.
Well observed.
I always prefered markdown style, it feels nicer to type with and
there's no way to mess up the formatting in a unreversable way. Plus, it being plaintext makes it so much esaier to work with.
There's a paper by Leslie Lamport that says that a document should be /logically/ structured. That's paper 76 on his list on his homepage. Although he seems more concerned with mathematical papers, most of the
ideas surely apply to everything else.
On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:22:51 -0300, Ethan Carter wrote:
There's a paper by Leslie Lamport that says that a document should be
/logically/ structured. That's paper 76 on his list on his homepage.
Although he seems more concerned with mathematical papers, most of the
ideas surely apply to everything else.
A key thing I find with plain-text-plus-markup is that it can be put into version-control systems and managed collaboratively, just like program
source code. WYSIWYG document processors may have change tracking, but they’re invariably pretty primitive compared to the branching and merging capabilities of a modern VCS like Git.
A key thing I find with plain-text-plus-markup is that it can be put into >version-control systems and managed collaboratively, just like program
source code. WYSIWYG document processors may have change tracking, but >they're invariably pretty primitive compared to the branching and merging >capabilities of a modern VCS like Git.
*unicode does mess some stuff up but generally compatibility is pretty
good, and i think theres a special code for embedding a unicode char in
md
On Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:20:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
*unicode does mess some stuff up but generally compatibility is pretty
good, and i think theres a special code for embedding a unicode char in
md
I just enter the unicode characters literally.
Fair, I usually avoid unicode.
On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:22:51 -0300, Ethan Carter wrote:
There's a paper by Leslie Lamport that says that a document should be
/logically/ structured. That's paper 76 on his list on his homepage.
Although he seems more concerned with mathematical papers, most of the
ideas surely apply to everything else.
A key thing I find with plain-text-plus-markup is that it can be put into version-control systems and managed collaboratively, just like program
source code. WYSIWYG document processors may have change tracking, but they’re invariably pretty primitive compared to the branching and merging capabilities of a modern VCS like Git.
On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:30:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Fair, I usually avoid unicode.
Think of how much you’re missing!
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 10:13 this Friday (GMT):
On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 04:30:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Fair, I usually avoid unicode.
Think of how much you’re missing!
Like what?
Should be possible to customize it to launch something else instead.
Like Emacs.
On 18/04/2025 06:39, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
Like
Emacs.
Good man.
+1
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