Text editor information

Editors like Leafpad, shown here, are often included with operating systems as a default helper application for opening text files.

A text editor is a type of computer program that edits plain text. Such programs are sometimes known as "notepad" software (e.g. Windows Notepad).^[1]^[2]^[3] Text editors are provided with operating systems and software development packages, and can be used to change files such as configuration files, documentation files and programming language source code.^[4]

^ H. Albert Napier; Ollie N. Rivers; Stuart Wagner (2005). Creating a Winning E-Business. Cengage Learning. p. 330. ISBN 1111796092.
^ Peter Norton; Scott H. Clark (2002). Peter Norton's New Inside the PC. Sams Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 0672322897.
^ L. Gopalakrishnan; G. Padmanabhan; Sudhat Shukla (2003). Your Home PC: Making the Most of Your Personal Computer. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 190. ISBN 0070473544.
^ "The Best Free Text Editors for Windows, Linux, and Mac". 28 April 2012. Every operating system comes with a default, basic text editor, but most of us install our own enhanced text editors to get more features.

[1] H. Albert Napier; Ollie N. Rivers; Stuart Wagner (2005). Creating a Winning E-Business. Cengage Learning. p. 330. ISBN 1111796092.

[2] Peter Norton; Scott H. Clark (2002). Peter Norton's New Inside the PC. Sams Publishing. p. 54. ISBN 0672322897.

[3] L. Gopalakrishnan; G. Padmanabhan; Sudhat Shukla (2003). Your Home PC: Making the Most of Your Personal Computer. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 190. ISBN 0070473544.

[4] "The Best Free Text Editors for Windows, Linux, and Mac". 28 April 2012. Every operating system comes with a default, basic text editor, but most of us install our own enhanced text editors to get more features.

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