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Basic Notepad vs MacVim

A side-by-side look at Basic Notepad and MacVim. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Basic Notepad

Basic Notepad

Office & Productivity

Basic Notepad is a simple text editor for Windows that allows users to open, edit, and save plain text documents. It has basic formatting functions like font and text size changes. Useful for quickly taking notes or writing short documents.

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MacVim

MacVim

Development

MacVim is a free, open source GUI version of the popular Vim text editor for macOS. It has a native macOS look and feel and includes additional features like clipboard support not found in terminal-based Vim.

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