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

4 points by Siah 14y ago

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.

smoody 14y ago
something like this? http://www.iawriter.com/ http://www.iawriter.com/
- Siah 14y ago
  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?
  - pinion247 14y ago
    http://www.boldmonday.com/en/nitti http://www.boldmonday.com/en/nitti
- pinion247 14y ago
  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.
cfqycwz 14y ago
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/ http://writemonkey.com/
jnorthrop 14y ago
OmmWriter (http://www.ommwriter.com 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.
adharmad 14y ago
emacs darkroom mode is also nice for distraction free writing. Here is a screenshot: http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/darkroommode-screenshot.png http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/darkroommode-s...
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JohnHaugeland 14y ago
Hashify.me (web) . Scrivener (Win/Mac) . Sublime Text (Win) OmmWriter Dana (Win) MarkdownPad (Win) . MultiMarkdown (Mac) TextMate (Mac) Marked (Mac) Calepin (Mac) Markdown Pro (Mac) . Elements (iOS) Heart Writer (iOS) Writing Kit (iOS) Paragraft (iOS) Write! (iOS)
- michaelbuddy 14y ago
  sublime text is cross platform Win / Linux / Mac. Also it has a mode called Distraction-Free Shift+F11
  - JohnHaugeland 14y ago
    I did not know it was portable. Thanks for the correction :)
Xavura 14y ago
Write Room [http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom/ http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom/] (Mac/iOS)
tonyjwang 14y ago
Notepad++ Like notepad, but with basic features (tabs, indentation, syntax colors) for virtually any language you program in.
awfabian2 14y ago
http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts

4 points by Siah 14y ago

smoody 14y ago

something like this? http://www.iawriter.com/ http://www.iawriter.com/

Siah 14y ago
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?
- pinion247 14y ago
  http://www.boldmonday.com/en/nitti http://www.boldmonday.com/en/nitti
pinion247 14y ago
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.

cfqycwz 14y ago

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/ http://writemonkey.com/

jnorthrop 14y ago

OmmWriter (http://www.ommwriter.com 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.

adharmad 14y ago

emacs darkroom mode is also nice for distraction free writing. Here is a screenshot: http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/darkroommode-screenshot.png http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/darkroommode-s...

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JohnHaugeland 14y ago

Hashify.me (web) . Scrivener (Win/Mac) . Sublime Text (Win) OmmWriter Dana (Win) MarkdownPad (Win) . MultiMarkdown (Mac) TextMate (Mac) Marked (Mac) Calepin (Mac) Markdown Pro (Mac) . Elements (iOS) Heart Writer (iOS) Writing Kit (iOS) Paragraft (iOS) Write! (iOS)

michaelbuddy 14y ago
sublime text is cross platform Win / Linux / Mac. Also it has a mode called Distraction-Free Shift+F11
- JohnHaugeland 14y ago
  I did not know it was portable. Thanks for the correction :)

Xavura 14y ago

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

tonyjwang 14y ago

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

awfabian2 14y ago

http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts http://emacswiki.org/emacs/SetFonts