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I'm looking for a text processor that can color specific words, just like Microsoft Wordpad can (select a word -> click the color button -> choose a color), but for a GNU/Linux system. I hav...
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Quasímodo
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2021-09-01T13:09:17Z (over 3 years ago)
I'm looking for a text editor that can color specific words, just like Microsoft Word does (select a word -> click the color button -> choose a color), but for a GNU/Linux system.- I have considered **Libreoffice** but it is too big and requires installing 60 dependencies. Since all I want is to color words — no font changing, no inserting images, no fancy layouts and whatnot —, it's just overkill. Similarly with **Latex**.
- **Vim** can color words matching patterns, but not individual words. For example, `:match Label /codidact/` would color every occurrence of "codidact".
I think there must be a simple editor with coloring support lurking out there... Any suggestion, TUI (preferred) or GUI, is appreciated.
- I'm looking for a text processor that can color specific words, just like Microsoft Wordpad can (select a word -> click the color button -> choose a color), but for a GNU/Linux system.
- I have considered **Libreoffice** but it is too big and requires installing 60 dependencies. Since all I want is to color words — no font changing, no inserting images, no fancy layouts and whatnot —, it's just overkill. Similarly with **Latex**.
- **Vim** can color words matching patterns, but not individual words. For example, `:match Label /codidact/` would color every occurrence of "codidact".
- Any suggestion of a simple word processor with coloring support, TUI (preferred) or GUI, is appreciated.
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Quasímodo
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2021-08-30T21:03:04Z (over 3 years ago)
Simple text editor for Linux with support for coloring individual words
I'm looking for a text editor that can color specific words, just like Microsoft Word does (select a word -> click the color button -> choose a color), but for a GNU/Linux system. I have considered **Libreoffice** but it is too big and requires installing 60 dependencies. Since all I want is to color words — no font changing, no inserting images, no fancy layouts and whatnot —, it's just overkill. Similarly with **Latex**. **Vim** can color words matching patterns, but not individual words. For example, `:match Label /codidact/` would color every occurrence of "codidact". I think there must be a simple editor with coloring support lurking out there... Any suggestion, TUI (preferred) or GUI, is appreciated.