Edsger Dijkstra on how word processors actually make writing slower.

The irony of the situation is, however, that, as a commercial product, the word processor was so successful because, in actual fact, its usage costs time; as a result, it makes its user even more busy and feeling even better. It is the ideal tool for those that can confuse activity with work.

The experiments have been taken with people that were both experienced writers in longhand and experienced users of word processors. The outcome was, firstly, that the linguistic quality of the mechanically produced letters was not noticeably lower than that of the hand-written ones, and, secondly, that they had taken 50% more time to be written.

Modern-style text editor in terminal

From the Zed Blog: A look at how we use Zed's native collaboration features to run our entire company.

An interesting environment and editing model.

Only WorldWideWeb, some versions of Netscape and SeaMonkey ever supported the editing. WWW was the only non-modal one, I think it was a worthy design pattern. SeaMonkey still maintains Netscape's composer.

A deep dive into the text mode editors we had and how they compare to today's

Unexpectedly good.

E is a very small text editor in the style of Emacs, microemacs,
JOVE, etc.
It implements many of the common Emacs commands.
It does not have an extension language.
It does let you rebind keys.
It runs in a terminal or terminal emulator only.

On WordStar

Anvil is a graphical, multi-pane tiling editor that makes bold use of the mouse and integrates closely with the shell. It supports syntax highlighting, multiple cursors and selections, remote file editing, and contains a powerful text manipulation language.

In favor of endless configuration.

Good considerations. Did I tell you I want to have a eink cyberdeck?

Whenever I explain my research at Google into mobile text editing, I’m usually met with blank stares or a slightly hostile “Everyone can edit text on their phones, right? What’s the problem?”

Hugeping написал клон акме!

acme2k - text editor fo' all the cool cats who ain't 'fraid of no mice - GitHub - karahobny/acme2k: acme2k - text editor fo' all the cool cats who ain't 'fraid of no mice

A popular (I don't know him) Sci-fi writer tells why WordStar is the best.

A website about selecting and classifying text editors used in programming systems. These are the programming text editors such as Emacs, VI, Multiedit, slick, Slickedit, ISPF, Notepad, VI and VIM that are used by the vast majority of programmers on UNIX, Windows, VAX, and Mainframe systems. The structure of the website allows any vistor to leave their opinions, knowledge, and mark on the website for others to enjoy.