davidgiven/wordgrinder
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A word processor which gets the hell out of your way and lets you get some work done.
10 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 3 stories, 7 comments · first 2015-12-17 · latest 2026-05-23
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Consider wordgrinder, a console word processor, as distinct from a text editor. https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
comment by LeoPanthera · 2026-05-23 · in Time to talk about my writerdeck -
Wordgrinder. https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
comment by LeoPanthera · 2026-04-27 · in L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility -
See also Wordgrinder, a text-mode word processor. (As distinct from a text editor.) https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
comment by LeoPanthera · 2026-04-27 · in L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility -
…and HTML that isn't terrible like the type word processors create. I recently found wordgrinder ( https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder ), which is a terminal-based word processor that's very close to what I've been looking for. A…
comment by antisol · 2026-04-13 · in Show HN: A WYSIWYG word processor in Python -
Wordgrinder is a modern text-mode word processor. (Distinct from a text editor.) https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder
comment by LeoPanthera · 2025-09-11 · in A desktop environment without graphics (tmux-like) -
…the choice of opengl and luau is interesting and appealing. the file format is also appealing: https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder/blob/master/README...
comment by kragen · 2024-08-01 · in WordGrinder: A simple word processor that runs on the console -
…write self-writing makefiles to do that. It's not as nasty as it sounds (but still pretty nasty): https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder/blob/master/Makefi... Plus, 'set a flag for just this file' is another thing that's appallingly…
comment by david-given · 2015-12-17 · in Autotools Mythbuster