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Working with the Scribes editor isn't completely automatic, but with a little skill, you can save yourself a lot of typing.
Editing easy texts and code with Scribes
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Software developers and web designers spend a lot of time working with editors. The Scribes text editor [1] provides an option that is visually neat, yet functionally surprising – in a fairly low version number. Integrating the program into your system is also easy (see the "Installation" box).
Opening and Creating Files
Once you start Scribes, the tool creates a new file for you. Some users might be surprised at first, because instead of menu bars and icons, you'll see a practically blank screen. The only thing you can see is the cursor and a line number on the left (Figure 1).
To open an existing file, just move the cursor to the right-hand corner of the workspace, which opens a temporary icon bar. A single click of the folder icon opens a dialog of file names, or you can use Ctrl+O. Clicking the document icon (or typing Ctrl+N) opens a new file.
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