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New terminal text editor 'txt' targets developers who avoid modal editing

A developer released txt, a lightweight, keyboard-driven text editor built to run directly in the terminal without configuration or a modal input system. It uses tree-sitter for syntax highlighting across many languages, supports code folding, and includes a fuzzy symbol picker for navigating functions and classes within a file.

txt.hellman.io · 2026-09-11

Developer Builds Grayscale Code Theme Inspired by Syntax Highlighting Critique

A developer describes struggling to build a distraction-free light color theme, eventually creating a grayscale one that uses subtle brightness variation instead of many colors. The project was inspired by Nikita Prokopov's essay arguing that most syntax highlighting schemes use too many colors to be functional as reading aids.

hank.bond · 2026-08-28