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		nequo on July 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cool, but obscure X11 tools (2019) Wouldn't gedit do this today? It looks like gedit works on Windows too: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit#Installation

chris_j on July 14, 2023 [–]

Many thanks. I did use gedit for a while, though I confess I never became as fond of it as I had been of NEdit. It does tick the "uncomplicated text editor" box though.

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