ok anything for this basic need in regards to tree view of folders/files on the side -- likely the most important basic need overall

Posted by Paul Korm
Apr 10, 2018 at 10:17 AM

Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com) ticks all these boxes. It includes a Centered Layout (content is positioned in the middle of the editing panel—with ability to expand / contract the width of the content), and a Zen Mode, which is full-screen, no toolbars or anything on the screen except the text you are writing. Centered Layout and Zen Mode can be combined.

“Tree view” - VSCode does this with as many different folders you want at a time.
“Bold text”—when using markdown in preview mode
“White background”—white, or any theme you want
“text is centered”—as I mentioned above
“basically nothing else on the screen”—as I mentioned above

VSCode is available on Mac and Windows. It is enormously configurable and can be overwhelming. But is also easily configurable into a simple editor. And best of all—it is FREE!

doablesoftware wrote:
1. tree view of folders/files on the side
> >2. **able to bold the text so you can see the bolded text**
> >3. white background
> >4. text is centered on the page/typing area
> >these 4 basic things needed
> >—
> >this one is a plus but not absolutely needed,
> >* basically nothing else on the screen (clean visually minimal UI)
> >