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I'm looking for an extremely lightweight text editor that opens almost instantly and uses very little memory on OSX.

I have TextWrangler and SublimeTextSublime Text, but both of those editors take more than 1010 seconds to open. They're great when I want to work on a serious project, but often I want to write or open a small text file while working on a non-programming task. For these, I want to be able to open a text editor within a split-secondwithin a split-second, write my file, and close the editor again shortly thereafter. 

Moreover, SublimeTextSublime Text, in particular, can slow down my computer when I have several other resource-intensive apps open, such as Chrome and Eclipse. 

I want a text editor that won't slow my computer down any more, even when I'm already running a lot of large programs on it.

I've found several other questions that ask for text editors with syntax highlighting and other programming-related features. Those questions don't help me because I don't want those features. I want a text editor that shows me my text in black on white as soon as I open the app.

To recap:

  • very fast
  • lightweight
  • low memory

No need for extra features such as syntax highlighting, I'm not going to use it for programming.

I'm looking for an extremely lightweight text editor that opens almost instantly and uses very little memory on OSX.

I have TextWrangler and SublimeText, but both of those editors take more than 10 seconds to open. They're great when I want to work on a serious project, but often I want to write or open a small text file while working on a non-programming task. For these, I want to be able to open a text editor within a split-second, write my file, and close the editor again shortly thereafter. Moreover, SublimeText in particular can slow down my computer when I have several other resource-intensive apps open, such as Chrome and Eclipse. I want a text editor that won't slow my computer down any more, even when I'm already running a lot of large programs on it.

I've found several other questions that ask for text editors with syntax highlighting and other programming-related features. Those questions don't help me because I don't want those features. I want a text editor that shows me my text in black on white as soon as I open the app.

I'm looking for an extremely lightweight text editor that opens almost instantly and uses very little memory on OSX.

I have TextWrangler and Sublime Text, but both of those editors take more than 10 seconds to open. They're great when I want to work on a serious project, but often I want to write or open a small text file while working on a non-programming task. For these, I want to be able to open a text editor within a split-second, write my file, and close the editor again shortly thereafter. 

Moreover, Sublime Text, in particular, can slow down my computer when I have several other resource-intensive apps open, such as Chrome and Eclipse. 

I want a text editor that won't slow my computer down any more, even when I'm already running a lot of large programs on it.

I want a text editor that shows me my text in black on white as soon as I open the app.

To recap:

  • very fast
  • lightweight
  • low memory

No need for extra features such as syntax highlighting, I'm not going to use it for programming.

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Extremely lightweight text editor for OSX that just edits text

I'm looking for an extremely lightweight text editor that opens almost instantly and uses very little memory on OSX.

I have TextWrangler and SublimeText, but both of those editors take more than 10 seconds to open. They're great when I want to work on a serious project, but often I want to write or open a small text file while working on a non-programming task. For these, I want to be able to open a text editor within a split-second, write my file, and close the editor again shortly thereafter. Moreover, SublimeText in particular can slow down my computer when I have several other resource-intensive apps open, such as Chrome and Eclipse. I want a text editor that won't slow my computer down any more, even when I'm already running a lot of large programs on it.

I've found several other questions that ask for text editors with syntax highlighting and other programming-related features. Those questions don't help me because I don't want those features. I want a text editor that shows me my text in black on white as soon as I open the app.