WordGrinder

Last updated
Original author(s) David Given
Initial releaseOctober 14, 2007;16 years ago (2007-10-14)
Stable release
0.8 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 24 October 2020;3 years ago (24 October 2020)
Repository github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
Written in C, Lua
Operating system Linux, Windows
License MIT License
Website cowlark.com/wordgrinder/

WordGrinder is a word processing application for the unix terminal or Windows console. [2] [3] Wordgrinder focuses on creating a minimalist word processing environment in order to reduce distractions for the end user. The application's author wrote the program for his own use while working on a novel. [4] Files are saved in a text-based file format that includes options and styles with the document (versions prior to v0.7 used a binary file format instead of plain text). [5]

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References

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