I came across a link to Writeroom today. Apparently it is an application designed to give you:

• A full-screen window with a minimalistic text-editor
• No weird widgets, buttons or paperclips
• No automatic spelling and grammar corrections
• Menu-bars that only appear when you need them
• Support for different kinds of cursors. The standard mouse-cursor, a blinking/non-blinking bar and so on
• It runs either standalone or as part of other applications
• Saves to plain-text
• Choose your own fonts and colours!! ZOMG!

But wait, this sounds familiar right? I’m writing this in my favorite editor in my favorite terminal. Let’s see: A full-screen window and minimalistic text-editor? check. No widgets? check. No interference from spelling bees? check. No menu-bars unless you need them? check. Different cursors? check. Standalone and embedable? check. Saves to plain-text? check. Support for different fonts and colours? check.

Oh, and it’s free too!

Those who don’t know UNIX are doomed to reinvent it — badly