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Caret

A full-strength tabbed text editor for Chrome OS.

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Caret is a text editor for Chrome OS, built around the Ace editing component. It provides a tabbed interface, configurable menus and keybindings, open file memory, and a command palette. It was used by nearly half a million users until Chrome Apps were discontinued.

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    Covers 1 of 4 key features and is open source.

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    Covers 2 of 4 key features and is open source.

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    Covers 1 of 4 key features and is open source.

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    Covers 2 of 4 key features.

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    Covers 1 of 4 key features.

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    Covers 1 of 4 key features and is open source.

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