Tex-Edit Plus
 My favorite text-editing and all around utility application is Tex-Edit Plus, or as I call it -- SimpleText on Steroids! Created by Tom Bender, it can do many great text editing functions. For plain old text entry, it's really fast, since it loads into RAM, and it won't hit the drive unless you save the document.As a Powerbook user, you might like to know that since it loads your whole text file into RAM, you can really cruise for a long time on battery power. Of course you don't have a built-in spell checker, but you can write in Tex-Edit Plus on the road to save battery, then dump your documents into a full-featured word processor to check spelling at a later time. It's good incentive to just write, since there are no button bars or gadgets to get in the way, and you don't even think about spelling until you are finished. You may also choose to investigate an external spell-checker, such as SpellTools or SpellCatcher if you would like these features while using Tex-Edit Plus. Tex-Edit Plus also has the ability to save text documents in many popular word processing formats, like Word, WordPerfect, MacWrite Pro, Nisus -- or you have the option of typing in your own creator codes with an 'other' feature -- potentially handy for certain occasions. It comes in especially handy for opening/cropping PICT files and recording, opening and saving Mac sound files. Tex-Edit Plus Quick Feature List: - AppleScriptable -- one of the coolest feature of all. Use the included scripts or create your own.
- Drag & Drop -- includes text, picture and sound clippings.
- Munging Capabilities -- Strips Carriage Returns and line feeds, adds/deletes smart quotes, double dashes to long dashes, spaces to tabs, converts text to and from DOS/UNIX/Macintosh formats.
- Sound Capabilities -- You can record sounds as items in your text documents and then save them as TE+ documents or as sound files.
- Plaintalk -- Provides access to adjusting voice modulation, speed and pitch through its own control panel.
- Powerful -- Can open large documents based on your RAM capacity-- there is not a 32k limit as with SimpleText. Tex-Edit Plus can also save files in a multitude of formats -- BBEdit, Word, ClarisWorks, WordPerfect, PICT, Sys7 SND. Allows keying in of your own creator codes for other special file formats. Has a powerful search and replace feature.
- Flexible -- Can size fonts up to 250 points.
- Fast -- Runs fast and stable 68K MacOS 7 Macs -- very fast on the PowerMac under MacOS 8 and 9.
- Powerbook Friendly -- Loads into RAM, for long battery life on an unplugged Powerbook.
- International Versions -- Tex-Edit Plus is available in a wide variety of localized languages including German, Japanese, French, Danish, Italian and Spanish.
- Tom Bender, (the author) is a really cool guy! :-)
The best part is that this shareware is only fifteen bucks! Tom Bender's Web Site -- Where Tom keeps Tex-Edit Plus, as well as other great applications that he has developed. Give Tex-Edit Plus a try today -- you won't regret it! Back to the Rohdesign.com Powerbook Page...
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