Ted is a lightweight

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for the

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, and runs on

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and other

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systems. Developed primarily by Mark de Does, it's licensed under the terms of the

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(GPL-2.0-only), and has been translated into several languages. While Ted is small in size, it is a full-featured and fast word processor, making it ideal for older computers and embedded systems. It saves files in a Microsoft Word-compatible

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, and has support for headers, footers, tables, different fonts, text alignment, and other features common in word processors. The built-in spellchecker is not automatic, whereby incorrect words are not highlighted when typing. Until version 2.17, Ted used the Motif toolkit exclusively for widget rendering.

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also worked. The current version (2.23) uses the

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toolkit by default. It can still be built with Motif or LessTif, if desired. The Ted package had been included in

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("etch"), in

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up to Hardy Heron, and

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, and is available from the official homepage in various package formats.

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