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.
Ask HN: An editor that let's me write without distraction
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#2something like this?
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#3something like this? http://www.iawriter.com/
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?
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#4Writemonkey[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.
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#5OmmWriter (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.
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#6emacs darkroom mode is also nice for distraction free writing.
Here is a screenshot: http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/darkroommode-s...
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#9Hashify.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)
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#10Write Room [http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom/] (Mac/iOS)