medit

medit is a simple-to-use application that comes packed with several word processing tools. It supports multiple tabs and can be easily used, even by less experienced individuals.

The interface of the program is plain and simple to navigate through. Documents can be opened by using either the file browser or 'drag and drop' method.

You can increase or decrease the indent, use the cut, copy, paste, undo and redo functions, as well as search for strings in various ways (e.g. find next, find and replace, go to line, find current word backwards).

But you can also change the toolbar style (e.g. icons only, labels only), modify the encoding and line ending mode, toggle bookmarks, wrap text and display line numbers.

Additional features of medit allow you to split the view horizontally or vertically, display the file selector or file list pane, sort lines, insert a time and date stamp, export the document as PDF, and configure keyboard shortcuts.

From the 'Preferences' screen you can configure general settings (e.g. enable auto indentation), or the ones regarding the view mode (e.g. text wrapping), files (e.g. loading, saving), languages, file filters, plug-ins, the file selector and the tools.

The program requires a moderate-to-high amount of system resources, is pretty responsive to commands, and includes user documentation. We have not come across any issues during our tests; medit did not freeze, crash or pop up error dialogs.