WordGrinder

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| author = David Given

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| released = {{Start date and age|2007|10|14}}

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| repo = {{url|https://github.com/davidgiven/wordgrinder}}

| programming language = C, [[Lua (programming language)|

Lua]]

| operating system = Linux, Windows

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| license = MIT License

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| website = {{URL|http://cowlark.com/wordgrinder/}}

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WordGrinder is a word processing application for the unix terminal or Windows console.{{cite web | url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Productivity-Sauce/WordGrinder-Word-Processing-Terminal-Style | title=WordGrinder: Word Processing Terminal Style | publisher=Linux Magazine | date=13 Jan 2010 | access-date=13 July 2014 | author=Popov, Dimitri}}{{cite web | url=http://www.hecticgeek.com/2012/03/wordgrinder-command-line-word-ubuntu-linux/ | title=WordGrinder: Command-line Based Word Processor for Ubuntu Linux | publisher=Hectic Geek | access-date=13 July 2014}} Wordgrinder focuses on creating a minimalist word processing environment in order to reduce distractions for the end user. The application's author wrote the program for his own use while working on a novel.{{cite web | url=http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/74470.html | title=WordGrinder: Good, Old-Fashioned Text Editing Power | publisher=Linux Insider | date=22 February 2012 | access-date=13 July 2014 | author=Germain, Jack}} Files are saved in a text-based file format that includes options and styles with the document (versions prior to v0.7 used a [[Binary file|

binary]] file format instead of plain text).{{cite web | url=http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/the-linux-distillery/41174-simple-linux-word-processing-with-wordgrinder/41174-simple-linux-word-processing-with-wordgrinder?start=1 | title=Simple Linux word processing with WordGrinder | publisher=iTWire | access-date=13 July 2014}}