No-distraction writing : 5 fullscreen lightweight text editors
Posted by HED in software
The deadline for your novel, your short story or your article is coming soon. You decide to cut all distractions. Shut the door, put headphones on... But what about your writing software ? Here's a selection of fullscreen text editors.
For PC Users
This is a freeware clone of WriteRoom (see below) made in .Net. The software is complete with wordcount, statistic functions and colors customization (you can even make DarkRoom transparent !). DarkRoom is fullscreen by default but you can switch it off if you want.
Q10 is an advanced fullscreen text editor. It sports the same basic functions as WriteRoom, but there's more. The file statistics are displayed on a status bar at the bottom of the screen. It has special functions for word wars and writing goals (it can be a word count target or a time limit). Plus it has autosave.
For Mac OS users
The editor which started it all. Minimalistic, fullscreen environment. The downside is that Write Room isn't a freeware anymore (it costs $24).
Cross Platform software
True, Google Docs isn't a text editor but rather a word processor. Anyway, it has a fullscreen option (F11), making it useful when you can't install or execute software on your machine. It's also the only application in this panel which supports text revisions (light version control).
A freeware crossplatform clone of WriteRoom. As its name says, it's in Java. It has all the basics functions (colors customization, statistics, autosave, text search).
That's all ! I hope it will help you to go through the last words of your writing piece.