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Word42 is a classic word processor, written from scratch in C on GTK 4, Pango and Cairo: inspired by classic Microsoft Word and by AbiWord, on a modern text stack. Free software, GPL-3.0-or-later.
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Hi all, Finding a good data structure for a word processor is a difficult problem. My notebook diaries on the problem go back 25 years when I was frustrated with using Word for my diploma thesis - it was slow and unstable at that time. I ended up getting pretty hooked on the problem. Right now I’m taking a professional break and decided to finally use the time to push these ideas further, and build MiniWord — a WYSIWYG word processor in Python. My goal is to have a native, non-HTML-based editor that stays simple, fast, and is hackable. So far I am focusing on getting the fundamentals right.…
Apr 2026 · codeberg.org
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2020 · thisworddoesnotexist.com
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2023 · lunette.app
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Draft, restructure & tighten wording from panel inside Word
Jun 2026 · x.ai
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