SimpleText
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SimpleText is the native text editor
for the Classic Mac OS
. SimpleText allows editing including text formatting (underline, italic, bold, etc.), fonts, and sizes. It can be considered similar to Windows' WordPad
application. In later versions it also gained additional read only display capabilities for PICT
files, as well as other Mac OS built-in formats like Quickdraw GX and QTIF, 3DMF and even QuickTime
movies. SimpleText can even record short sound samples and, using Apple's PlainTalk speech system, read out text in English.
SimpleText evolved from TeachText
which was used to distribute Readme
documents, which was derived from the Edit application, a simple editing application distributed with the earliest of Macintoshes to demonstrate the use of the Macintosh interface. Though there was no limit on the size of SimpleText text documents, like TeachText before it, the application could not directly create or open text documents larger than 32k.
In Mac OS X
, SimpleText is replaced by the more powerful TextEdit
, which reads and writes more document formats. Mac OS X also includes common Unix-like
text editor
s, such as vim and pico
.
Apple has released the source code for a Carbon version of SimpleText in the Panther (10.3) Developer Tools. If the Developer Tools are installed, it can be found at /Developer/Examples/Carbon/SimpleText.
Text editor
A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code....
for the Classic Mac OS
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
. SimpleText allows editing including text formatting (underline, italic, bold, etc.), fonts, and sizes. It can be considered similar to Windows' WordPad
WordPad
WordPad is a basic word processor that is included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 95 upwards. It is more advanced than Notepad but simpler than Microsoft Works Word Processor and Microsoft Word. It replaced Microsoft Write....
application. In later versions it also gained additional read only display capabilities for PICT
PICT
PICT is a graphics file format introduced on the original Apple Macintosh computer as its standard metafile format. It allows the interchange of graphics , and some limited text support, between Mac applications, and was the native graphics format of QuickDraw.The original version, PICT 1, was...
files, as well as other Mac OS built-in formats like Quickdraw GX and QTIF, 3DMF and even QuickTime
QuickTime
QuickTime is an extensible proprietary multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The classic version of QuickTime is available for Windows XP and later, as well as Mac OS X Leopard and...
movies. SimpleText can even record short sound samples and, using Apple's PlainTalk speech system, read out text in English.
SimpleText evolved from TeachText
TeachText
The TeachText application is a simple text editor made by Apple Computer bundled with System 7.1 and earlier, and was one of the only applications included with the Mac system software, leading to its most frequent role as the application to open "ReadMe" files. It was named "TeachText" as a nod to...
which was used to distribute Readme
README
A readme file contains information about other files in a directory or archive and is commonly distributed with computer software. Such a file is usually a text file called README.TXT, README.1ST, READ.ME, or simply README, although some Microsoft Windows software may occasionally include a...
documents, which was derived from the Edit application, a simple editing application distributed with the earliest of Macintoshes to demonstrate the use of the Macintosh interface. Though there was no limit on the size of SimpleText text documents, like TeachText before it, the application could not directly create or open text documents larger than 32k.
In Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
, SimpleText is replaced by the more powerful TextEdit
TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, open source word processor and text editor, first featured in NeXT's NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. It is now distributed with Mac OS X since Apple Inc.'s acquisition of NeXT, and available as a GNUstep application for other Unix-compatible operating systems such as Linux...
, which reads and writes more document formats. Mac OS X also includes common Unix-like
Unix-like
A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....
text editor
Text editor
A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code....
s, such as vim and pico
Pico (text editor)
Pico is a text editor for Unix and Unix-based computer systems. It is integrated with the Pine e-mail client, which was designed by the Office of Computing and Communications at the University of Washington....
.
Apple has released the source code for a Carbon version of SimpleText in the Panther (10.3) Developer Tools. If the Developer Tools are installed, it can be found at /Developer/Examples/Carbon/SimpleText.