This is:
data:text/html, <html contenteditable>
No distracting GUI. No superfluous features like “save” or “open”. Does not track active user statistics. Works offline.
To be fair, your editor’s tty experience is pretty much nonexistent. Tty is surely more important than mobile, don’t you think?!
Now, data:text/html, <textarea> at least works with w3m, but when I try to edit the textarea (surprise!) it just launches ed(1).
data:text/html, <html contenteditable><head><title>InstaEdit
For better obfuscation (competitors!), here is a base64 version:
data:text/html;charset=utf-8;base64,PGh0bWwgY29udGVudGVkaXRhYmxlPjxoZWFkPjx0aXRsZT5JbnN0YUVkaXQ=
data:text/html, <html contenteditable><script>document.querySelector('html').focus()</script></html>It works in Chrome, and Firefox claims to support data URIs when directly navigated to by the user. Are you on Edge? If it lets you override the warning you should be fine.
There’s no substitute for a thorough audit of course, but if you’re worried you’ve been MITM’ed the MD5 is:
5ad110542ebf6a3fbae7840260b0bee5I giggled! ^_^
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_att...
Otherwise it's like saying that an application is simpler because its launch command name is shorter.
I personally use my own chat in Slack to take random notes, and of course it saves them, but I also cannot open it as easily.
It’s actually tricky to open a data URI in a new window using JS, in a bookmarklet or elsewhere. Browsers block it because it can be a vector for phishing attacks.
Of course, it will only save as HTML and recall the same HTML file you saved in this way, and doesn't support plain text files. But, nevertheless, you can open and save.
BTW didn't work in android FF.
No browser needed. No GUI. Works offline.
Surely that's simpler?
cat >> .gitignore
*.pyc
^D