Scribes

A text editor for GNOME that combines simplicity with power. Scribes focuses on streamlining your workflow. It does so by ensuring common and repetitive operations are intelligently automated.

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Linux

a text editor for gnome that combines simplicity with power.

scribes focuses on streamlining your workflow. it does so by ensuring common and repetitive operations are intelligently automated. and also by eliminating factors that prevent you from focusing on your tasks.

the result is a text editor that provides a fluid user experience. an editor that is easy and fun to use. and an editor that ensures the safety of your documents at all times. watch the flash demo to see scribes in action.

scribes is free software licensed under the terms of the gnu gpl. kindly support the project by donating.

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