Web site: gottcode.org/focuswriter/
Category: Office
Subcategory: Text Editors
Platform: Linux, Windows
License: GNU GPL
Interface: GUI
Wikipedia: FocusWriter
First release: 2008
FocusWriter – a simple, distraction-free word processor. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work.
FocusWriter allows you to customize your environment by creating themes that control the font, colors, and background image to add ambiance. It also features on-the-fly updating statistics, daily goals, multiple open documents, spell-checking, and much more.
Main features:
– Small size and portable mode. It can be downloaded to a flash drive and used anytime and anywhere for writing and editing texts.
– Localization. It has a built-in Russian language and more than 20 other languages.
– Spell checker. It can check Russian and many other languages.
– Plan. You can set in the settings how much text you need to write per day. The program will display the percentage of completion.
– Scene editing. Function for navigating between text fragments.
– Focus function. The editor allows you to highlight the text fragment you are working on. You can highlight the current line or the entire paragraph.
– User-friendly interface. All controls appear as needed. This does not strain your eyes and allows you to better concentrate on creativity.
– Theme customization. You can choose any visual theme to your taste, editing colors, fonts, frame size and even the background image.
