If there’s one thing that unites ProfHacker writers, it’s probably an appreciation for plain text files and well-designed text editors, preferably with Markdown support. Plain text goes anywhere, is ...

If you have a Web or other computer-based small business, you might find that you need to do some Java programming. Java is a cross-platform programming language from Oracle that anyone can use. One ...

There are basically two kinds of people who want to write things in plain text files: those who have to deal with weird, intractable cross-platform formatting issues, and those who just like the ...

OK, this is simple. As I write to a textfile and append a carrage return chr(13) to the end of my lines, and then open the text file in notepad, it doesn't read the chr(13) as an end of line and begin ...

Discover why high performers rely on plain text files for focus, speed and long-term ownership in a world of complex productivity tools.

Looking back through my old files, I’m amazed to see how many word processors I’ve used over the years. I’ve got document files in formats ranging from MacWrite to Pages and everything in between. The ...