There are important differences between plain text (created and edited by text editors) and rich text (such as that created by See more

Before text editors existed, computer text was punched into cards with keypunch machines. Physical boxes of these thin cardboard cards were then inserted into a card reader See more

• Find and replace – Text editors provide extensive facilities for searching and replacing strings of text, either individually, or groups of files in opened tabs or a selected folder. Advanced editors can use regular expressions to search and edit text or code. Additional … See more

Some editors include special features and extra functions, for instance,
• Source code editors are text editors with additional functionality to facilitate the production of … See more

Some text editors are small and simple, while others offer broad and complex functions. For example, Unix and Unix-like operating systems … See more

• Macro or procedure definition: to define new commands or features as combinations of prior commands or other macros, perhaps with passed parameters, or with nesting of macros.
• Profiles to retain options set by the user between editing … See more

• List of text editors
• Comparison of text editors
• Editor war
• File viewer – does not change file, faster for very large files … See more