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A '''text editor''' is an [[application]] which is used to modify the content of [[file]]s, originally ones containing either plain text, or [[source code]] (either for a [[program]], or for early [[text formatter]]s, which read in specially annotated input, and produced printable output).

Early text editors, used on [[printing terminal]]s, had a [[user interface]] which included editing commands, as well as commands to print groups of lines (so the [[user]] could see what the current state of the file they were editing was). Later on, with the arrival of [[video terminal]]s, a variety of types evolved, but they generally all tended to show the current exact state of the file (or [[buffer]], until it was written to a file) on the screen.

With the advent of [[bit-mapped display]]s, [[document preparation system]]s arrived, which could both show the document as it would appear when printed (with multiple [[font]]s, bold and italic, etc); they also stored their files in private formats (often including [[binary]] data), not intended for direct use by users. These always included an editing function, and can usually edit ordinary text files, as well as their private enhanced formats.

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 Later on, with the arrival of [[video terminal]]s, a variety of so-called [[screen editor]]s evolved, but they generally all tended to show the current exact state of the file (or [[buffer]], until it was written to a file) on the screen.
-With the advent of [[bit-mapped display]]s, document preparation systems called [[word processor]]s arrived, which could both show the document as it would appear when printed (with multiple [[font]]s, bold and italic, etc); they stored their files in private formats (often including [[binary]] data), not intended for direct use by users. These always included an editing function, and can usually edit ordinary text files, as well as their private enhanced formats.
+With the advent of [[bit-mapped display]]s, document preparation systems called [[word processor]]s arrived; they stored their files in private formats (often including [[binary]] data), not intended for direct use by users. These always included an editing function, and can usually edit ordinary text files, as well as their private enhanced formats.
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 Later on, with the arrival of [[video terminal]]s, a variety of so-called [[screen editor]]s evolved, but they generally all tended to show the current exact state of the file (or [[buffer]], until it was written to a file) on the screen.
-With the advent of [[bit-mapped display]]s, [[document preparation system]]s arrived, which could both show the document as it would appear when printed (with multiple [[font]]s, bold and italic, etc); they also stored their files in private formats (often including [[binary]] data), not intended for direct use by users. These always included an editing function, and can usually edit ordinary text files, as well as their private enhanced formats.
+With the advent of [[bit-mapped display]]s, document preparation systems called [[word processor]]s arrived, which could both show the document as it would appear when printed (with multiple [[font]]s, bold and italic, etc); they stored their files in private formats (often including [[binary]] data), not intended for direct use by users. These always included an editing function, and can usually edit ordinary text files, as well as their private enhanced formats.
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 A '''text editor''' is an [[application]] which is used to modify the content of [[file]]s, originally ones containing either plain text, or [[source code]] (either for a [[program]], or for early [[text formatter]]s, which read in specially annotated input, and produced printable output).
-Early text editors, used on [[printing terminal]]s, had a [[user interface]] which included editing commands, as well as commands to print groups of lines (so the [[user]] could see what the current state of the file they were editing was). Later on, with the arrival of [[video terminal]]s, a variety of types evolved, but they generally all tended to show the current exact state of the file (or [[buffer]], until it was written to a file) on the screen.
+Early text editors, used on [[printing terminal]]s, had a [[user interface]] which included editing commands, as well as commands to print groups of lines (so the [[user]] could see what the current state of the file they were editing was).
 With the advent of [[bit-mapped display]]s, [[document preparation system]]s arrived, which could both show the document as it would appear when printed (with multiple [[font]]s, bold and italic, etc); they also stored their files in private formats (often including [[binary]] data), not intended for direct use by users. These always included an editing function, and can usually edit ordinary text files, as well as their private enhanced formats.
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