The article in NY Times spawned a discussion on ./, see this link
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/06/1731247&from=rss
One interesting post of possible interest to use was the following about
'WriteRoom':
I'm Jesse Grosjean, the guy who wrote WriteRoom
http://hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom
You are not the first to say that WriteRoom == Bad copy of VIM,
<snip>
.. but I also think that you are not really understanding
WriteRoom's purpose.
<snip>
Instead, it's just meant to provide distraction free writing.
<snip>
* No distractions. Full screen. Hidden menu bar. Hidden scroll
bar. Nothing but text.
* In full screen mode text doesn't wrap over the entire screen.
Instead your text is formated in a readable column in the center
of the screen.
* Few important writers statistics (word count) pop up at bottom
of screen, but hidden by default.
* Lots of control over the look (colors, cursors, and fonts and
paragraph formatting, even in plain text mode)
* "Normal" app, user doesn't have to know about command line.
Maybe some ideas for us.
/Christian
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Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
