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The README is fixed right there, not in another program

A .txt note, the .yaml configuration, the .json exported from the management system, the procedure’s .md: they open and get fixed inside Files, with an editor that understands the format. No download, no Notepad, no re-upload.

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It knows the file’s encoding, and tells you

Not every .txt is UTF-8: those written with Notepad in ANSI are Windows-1252, and forced open as UTF-8 they show diamonds instead of accents. The editor guesses the encoding, declares it, and always saves as UTF-8 — whoever writes has the right to know before pressing Save. While you edit, the file has an exclusive lock: a colleague trying to open it sees who has it; every save is a version. The “Text editor” permission in the access level decides who edits; the others read.

How it works

  1. Open and edit

    “Edit” on the text file: the editor opens with format highlighting — JSON, YAML, Markdown, SQL, Python — and the detected encoding in view.

  2. Save

    Saving writes UTF-8 to the file and creates a version. The lock stays until you close.

  3. Close, and the file is free

    The lock falls; if something is wrong, the previous version is in the history.

A text file opens and gets fixed. It is not downloaded.

What you can do

  • Dozens of formats

    TXT, Markdown, CSV, JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, YAML, TOML, INI, log, SQL, shell, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Go, Rust and more: by extension or by type.

  • Declared encoding

    Windows-1252, Latin-1, UTF-8: the editor detects and shows it. Accents stay accents.

  • Exclusive lock

    A text file is edited by one person at a time; the desktop app and the online editor respect that.

  • Versions

    Every save is a version, like everything else: yesterday’s .env can be recovered.

Frequently asked questions

Does it edit Word files too?

No: for DOCX, XLSX and PPTX there is the Collaborative editor. This one is for plain text and code.

Is the file converted?

The content is saved as UTF-8, which is the standard; name and extension stay. If the file was in another encoding, the editor tells you beforehand.

Can two people edit it together?

No, one at a time: the lock is exclusive. For simultaneous writing use a Word document in the Collaborative editor.

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