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Left is a distractionless writing tool with auto-complete, a synonyms dictionary, writing statistics, markup-based navigation and a speed-reader. The application is...

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left is a distractionless writing tool with autocomplete, a synonyms dictionary, writing statistics, markupbased navigation and a speedreader.

the application is free and open source, its original purpose was to help rekka with the writing of the upcoming novel wiktopher.

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create markers by beginning lines with #, or .open a text file by dragging it here, or ctrl o.save a text file with ctrl s.the synonyms dictionary contains 12465 common words.

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