Text Editors

for Macintosh Plus and Mini vMac

BBEdit Lite 4.1

copyright: Bare Bones Software, Inc.
mod date: Feb 20, 1998
license: freeware

Requires system 7.0 or later. Version 3.5.1 is also available, for Systerm 6.

Style 1.6.1

copyright: Merzwaren
mod date: Dec 28, 1999
license: shareware

A "scriptable text editor for the Macintosh", that handles formatted text, embedded pictures and sound, multiple undo/redo, and many other features. Demonstrates the widely used WASTE text editing library by the same author.

SimpleText 1.3

copyright: Apple Computer, Inc.
mod date: Jun 2, 1995
license: free, but don't redistribute

The simple styled text editor included with Mac OS, widely used for ReadMe files. It is available seperately from the above link, but System 7.5.3 has a later version (1.3.1).

SimpleText Color Menu 3.4

copyright: Alessandro Levi Montalcini
mod date: Mar 29, 1998
license: Freeware

Add "color and features to SimpleText". The color doesn't show on the Mac Plus, but "find and replace, extended editing keys, window switching," and "word counting" work.

miniWRITER 1.73

copyright: David Dunham
mod date: Apr 8, 1992
license: shareware

A "text processor desk accessory", with "a word count feature" and "smart quotes". None of the download links work on the linked page. David Dunham has placed a copy on his public iDisk. Mac OS X is required to download it. Use the "Connect to Server" command of the finder, and type "http://idisk.mac.com/dunham/Public". The file "miniWRITER.zip" must be expanded using OS X.

vim 3.0

copyright: Bram Moolenaar, port by Eric Fischer
mod date: Oct 19, 1994
license: ?

Macintosh port of a popular unix editor, not very Mac like. requires system 7.

GNU Emacs 1.17, based on Emacs 18.59

copyright: Free Software Foundation, Inc., port by Marc Parmet
mod date: May 17, 1995
license: GPL

Macintosh port of a popular unix editor, not very Mac like. requires system 7.

Tex-Edit 2.7.2

copyright: Trans-Tex Software
mod date: Oct 27, 1994
license: Shareware

Simple styled text editor, for System 6.0.7 or later. By Tom Bender.

Anarcho 1.6

copyright: Michael Love (proclus)
mod date: Oct 11, 1994
license: freeware

Simple text editor.

The search feature of hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu is broken. Here is a working download link.

AlphaLite 68k 7.2.1

copyright: Pete Keleher
mod date: May 24, 1999
license: shareware

"very powerful, multi-purpose text editor". scriptable in TCL.

Texplore 1.6.5

copyright: Greg Jalbert
mod date: Dec 10, 2003
license: shareware

A simple text editor with macros and an html view. Also some other assorted features.