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Write! is another distraction free text editor, still in a beta stage but already with a slew of very interesting features; and the download link produces an overlay that includes this statement: "Currently available features will remain free and fully supported in future versions".
I tested it on Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 via (Uni)extraction of the installer, and it apparently keeps everything in its own folder -- it's Qt5 based, settings are stored in xml files inside the program folder, and I found no trace of (aptly named) Trolltech junk.
[url]http://wri.tt/[/url] author wrote:Write! is a distraction-free text editor that boosts your productivity. It supports markdown syntax, spell-checker, cloud integration and much more!
[url]http://wri.tt/about.html[/url] author wrote:Even though it's trendy in the software development community these days, we chose to abandon being mobile-first and browser-based, but set on an alternative path of native desktop responsiveness, performance and experience over the overhyped browser-based-everything. [...] You can think of Write! as a lightweight combination of a distraction-free editor, Evernote app, a bit of Wordpress post editing UI, some formatting features of Word, and even some IDE mechanics, from which we borrow how auto-complete or text folding works.
donald wrote:Tried latest version 6.5
No folder in %APPDATA%.
Just re-tested latest Write! beta v6.6 in Windows XP Pro SP1 (x32) and apologies are in order: that folder isn't in '%APPDATA%', but in '%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Write!'.
Nonetheless, Write! deserves applause for not touching the system registry, even though it is yet another Qt5 program...
BTW, the afore mentioned %USERPROFILE% folder includes an 'Analytics.xml', which contains an unique local GUID key.
On a related note, Write! is able to import from RTF, plain text and three different flavors of plain-text markup (see next), as well as export to PDF, ODF, and plain text -- including Textile, Markdown and Wiki style markups (oddly, no RTF export -- licensing issue?).
Now, if the interface was a tad more customizable (colors, etc.), Write! would make for an ideal no-distraction editor cum notetaker, even if a portable launcher would be required...
PS: another thing that is not easily discoverable is Write!'s feedback resource (http://writt.uservoice.com/) -- where portability is currently the 5th most voted new feature...
Write! morphed into some kind of cloud/social writing client with a paid monthly subscription model (yuck!), but the free version is still available (see http://wri.tt/#anchor2 for differences), although with a whopping 90MB download (OP direct download link still works past the site registration requirement).
BTW, portability still not implemented, although it's still one of the most voted requests:
Midas wrote:... morphed into some kind of cloud/social writing client with a paid monthly subscription model (yuck!)
Yuck indeed...
I'm less annoyed by the social/cloud writing component (thankfully it's not browser-based, which would destroy the whole "distraction-free" element) than two of the pro-only features. The global search and sessions tool do feel premium but how much money did it cost to develop an unlimited undo and a dark theme? That makes the free version feel a little like crippleware.
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