text editor
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2.9
- noun
- /tɛkst ˈɛdɪtər/
- Specialized
:
editor de texto
- Many find keeping a physical piece of paper or using a simple text editor for keeping short-term to-do lists effective.
- text editor, such as Notepad
- simple text editor
Examples
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But there are a lot of text editors that have document encoding functions.
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For the most part, as you write programs, you'll use the text editor to produce them and then go to the shell to run them.
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Did anyone previously use this type of text editor in your project?
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You simply fire up a text editor and start writing on whatever topic you want.
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So this means that we can open our favorite text editor and just go and edit the file.
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In Ruby, however, a simple text editor serves me just fine.
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I've been using it for my terminal and text editor for a few days now, and it's great!
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In the future, I'll write in a text editor, re-read, and edit before posting.
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The complete language development system comes with an easy-to-learn text editor, convenient pull-down menus, color-coded syntax highlighting, and a complete tutorial and reference guide.
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You can create and edit documents easily with a text editor like Notepad or Sublime Text.
Synonyms
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3.5
A program for making and changing text or pictures on a computer
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3.0
A program on a computer for writing, editing and printing text documents
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2.6
A simple app for writing and saving short plain text notes
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8.3
A program for writing and editing text that programmers can change a lot
A computer program that changes text or code files
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: an 'editor' is something that edits, and 'text editor' straightforwardly refers to an editor for text. This compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (noun + noun where the second names the function or type), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to a program or tool for editing text.
Etymology
Text editor The name text editor comes from the image of a real editor with a pen fixing text on paper. On computers the same idea became a simple program that lets you 'write' and 'edit' plain text files.