FocusWriter

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About FocusWriter

FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work. It's available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, and has been translated into many different languages.

Features:

  • TXT, basic RTF, and basic ODT file support
  • Timers and alarms
  • Daily goals
  • Fully customizable themes
  • Typewriter sound effects (optional)
  • Auto-save (optional)
  • Live statistics (optional)
  • Spell-checking (optional)
  • Multi-document support
  • Sessions
  • Portable mode (optional)
  • Translated into over 20 languages

Screenshots

Theming

Timers

Dialogs

Preferences

Release Notes

  • Changes in version 1.4.3
    • Released on April 6th, 2013
    • Fixed emergency cache for new files
  • Changes in version 1.4.2
    • Released on March 27th, 2013
    • Turkish translation updated by Cüneyt Oktay
    • Bug fixes
    • Added support for Qt 5
  • Changes in version 1.4.1
    • Released on November 28th, 2012
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.4.0
    • Released on September 22nd, 2012
    • Added scene list sidebar
    • Added focusing text
    • Added line spacing in themes
    • Added symbols dialog
    • Added monitoring files for changes
    • Added editable keyboard shorcuts
    • Allow changing formats in save dialogs
    • Switched to enchant for spell checking
    • Check spelling in background
    • Removed included dictionaries
    • Slovak translation added by Jan Gallik
    • Japanese translation added
    • Simplified Chinese translation added
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.90
    • Released on August 24th, 2012
    • Removed included dictionaries
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.80
    • Released on August 13th, 2012
    • Added scene list sidebar
    • Added focusing text
    • Added line spacing in themes
    • Added symbols dialog
    • Added monitoring files for changes
    • Added editable keyboard shorcuts
    • Allow changing formats in save dialogs
    • Switched to enchant for spell checking
    • Check spelling in background
    • Slovak translation added by Jan Gallik
    • Japanese translation added
  • Changes in version 1.3.6
    • Released on June 12th, 2012
    • Danish transation added by Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér
    • Fixed emergency cache
  • Changes in version 1.3.5.2
    • Released on January 16th, 2012
    • Hungarian translation added by Zoltán Adamek
    • Improved Finnish and Spanish translations
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.5.1
    • Released on December 4th, 2011
    • Dutch translation added by Robert Borst
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.5
    • Released on November 9th, 2011
    • Compress exported themes
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.4.1
    • Released on October 17th, 2011
    • Fixed missing Qt translations on the Mac
  • Changes in version 1.3.4
    • Released on October 16th, 2011
    • Added basic ODT support
    • Greek translation added by Epameinondas Soufleros
    • Swedish translation added by Daniel Nylander
    • Ukrainian translation added by Sergiy Gavrylov
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.3
    • Released on June 27th, 2011
    • Added emergency file cache
    • Replaced icon and load image
    • Improved Mac integration
    • Switched to SDL_mixer instead of libao
    • Russian translation added by Dmitriy Kodanev and Danila Evstifeyev
    • German translation added by Eduard Bruckner and Dennis Peteranderl
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.2.1
    • Released on December 29th, 2010
    • Fixed crash when typing
    • Mexican Spanish translation added by Israel Buitrón
  • Changes in version 1.3.2
    • Released on December 28th, 2010
    • Added rounded corners to themes
    • Czech translation added by Pavel Fric
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.1
    • Released on October 28th, 2010
    • Added typewriter sound effects
    • Brazilian Portuguese translation added by Márcio Massula Jr.
    • Polish translation added by Jakub Kowalski
    • Spanish translation added by Luis Osa
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.3.0
    • Released on September 23rd, 2010
    • Added text formatting
    • Added smart quotes
    • Added session management
    • Added timers and alarms
    • Added importing and exporting themes
    • Added selected text statistics
    • Added dictionaries for supported languages
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.2.2
    • Released on July 1st, 2010
    • Added portability support
    • Switched to native file dialogs
    • Updated keyboard shortcuts
    • Updated included libraries
  • Changes in version 1.2.1
    • Released on January 22nd, 2010
    • French and Portuguese translations added by Jérôme Borme
    • Added changing text area's horizontal position
    • Added disabling antialiasing
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.2.0
    • Released on July 12th, 2009
    • Added spell checking
    • Added document tabs
    • Added menubar
    • Added toolbar customization
    • Added document statistics
    • Added second wordcount algorithm
    • Added option to use block cursor
    • Improved file saving
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.1.2
    • Released on May 31st, 2009
    • Use UTF-8 character encoding for files
  • Changes in version 1.1.1
    • Released on May 10th, 2009
    • Fixed goals selection bug
  • Changes in version 1.1.0
    • Released on April 19th, 2009
    • Added daily goals
    • Added support for themes
    • Added find and replace
    • Changed default centering
    • Bug fixes
  • Changes in version 1.0.0
    • Released on October 23rd, 2008
    • New project