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[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

You can try using some of these: https://tinyapps.org/

Also, you forgot to mention that a lot of modern software is bloatware ...

[–]fschmidt[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Absolutely, bloatware is horrible. I tried to find a good text editor, but everything is bloated. tinyapps seems to be old windows software. I have a Mac.

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Never owned a Mac so I have no idea. Look here: https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free-software-mac-os.htm Maybe you'll find something ...

[–]happysmash27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Have you tried old UNIX editors like Vim? Or is that still too bloated?

I personally use Emacs, which is hilariously bloated with all its plugins (it even has built-in games), but it's so old that "bloated" is actually pretty fast even on my phone (using it through the command line in Termux). But, because of the bloat, I would not recommend it to you, as Vim is often seen as a less-bloated competitor. It is way better than a horribly bloated IDE, but still slower and more bloated than most alternative command line editors.

If Vim is too bloated, you could always try something crazy like ed, but ed is stereotypically really, really bad, so I would recommend doing more research to find something better. In general, command line programs, or even programs that are just primarily operated through the command line, are way faster than native GUI programs, so if you can find one that is designed to not be bloated, it will be very non-bloated indeed.

I guess you could also try using Vi (which is probably installed by default, accessible through the terminal). Vim is just an extended version of Vi, so Vi will probably be less bloated.

[–]fschmidt[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't like Vi/Vim. An editor should have a clean simple GUI interface, not a bunch of control codes that I have to remember.

[–]ralph 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I use vim daily at work. You remember the codes as you use them, just as you learn/remember where things are in a GUI. A GUI takes up screen space and also is inefficient to keep switching between keyboard/mouse. So instead you wind up using the keyboard shortcuts that the GUI may or may not advertise. May as well cut out the middleman.

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[–]SNCA_Furweeb 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Bloatware?

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Bloatware is the slang phrase used to describe software that has lots of features and requires considerable disk space and RAM to install and run. As the cost of RAM and disk storage has decreased, there has been a growing trend among software developers to disregard the size of applications and the end result is bloated software."

https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/bloatware.html