What simple text editor would you guys recommend for taking simple notes? I used to use Bill Farmer’s Editor:
But that no longer seems to be maintained.
I’ve tried Fossify Notes for a while, as I like other Fossify apps, but I can’t adjust to its paradigm where it wants to organize my notes as well. I’ve got a file manager to organize my notes.
Any recommendations for a simple text editor that simply and reliably creates and opens .txt files, without trying to get in the way by doing other stuff? I’ve searched F-Droid, but there seem to be so many options when I search for “editor” or browse the “writing” category that I don’t really know where to start.
BTW, not sure for you, but for me a simple text editor, if does not get any updates and still runs smoothly, is more than enough. Moreover, I guess there is not much to update as well.
I suspect different people prefer different solutions. I tried a note application (Fossify Notes) but after many years of using text editors for notes, I found it hard to adjust to the paradigm of a note application.
For me, a text editor that requires me to save and open txt files and lets me organize my txt files with a seperate file manager is easier than a note application that takes the whole “file” part of the process out of my hands.
Edit: in the same way, I prefer audio players that don’t try to find all the audio files on my system to create a music library and I prefer image viewers that don’t try to sort my photos in any way. I can see how those could be useful, but I prefer using a file manager for organizing and simple apps that just view/edit/play/etc one file at a time.
@orflovir, I very much agree. Neutrinote creates and edits text files for its “notes”. It can import and export them also. It however will list all created and imported text files when one opens the app. Notes created in the app are text files that are stored within its own storage that is not normally accessible to other apps, but they may be exported as desired.
You would need to use a Shizuku-enabled or root-enabled file manager to do this if you use Neutrinote. Ghost Commander can be root-enabled. Total Commander can be either root or Shizuku enabled.
Fair enough. I broadly agree with you when using a computer, but for notes on a phone I prefer the simplicity of one application, one button, and no messing about with a file manager. To each, his own.
