Ask HN: An editor that let's me write without distraction
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. 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. OmmWriter (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. Write Room [http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom/] (Mac/iOS) Notepad++ Like notepad, but with basic features (tabs, indentation, syntax colors) for virtually any language you program in. emacs darkroom mode is also nice for distraction free writing. Here is a screenshot:
http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/darkroommode-s... something like this? 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? 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. 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) sublime text is cross platform Win / Linux / Mac. Also it has a mode called Distraction-Free Shift+F11 I did not know it was portable. Thanks for the correction :)
