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> does it match the “cross-platform” description

Yes, it's a plain-text editor too. The files are compatible with the Commodore 64 if you need.

> not yet supported in Firefox ... implies offline support ...

It implies a lot more stuff than all the other pre-installed plain-text editors on every other OS.

> It implies a lot more stuff than all the other pre-installed plain-text editors on every other OS.

I read it as promising Notepad features with anything else it mentions as extras, not more features it doesn't mention from other text editors.

Cross platform refers to the application itself, not the files that it produces. TextEdit is a poor substitute, a much better alternative would be Sublime.

I like Coteditor [1] as an open-source, minimal editor. TextEdit isn't even plain text by default, IIRC.

[1] https://coteditor.com/

Notepad was not cross platform

You've lost the context from a few posts up (and the original post) – the project being discussed states its intent to recreate the notepad experience in a cross-platform manner, hence “cross-platform” is relevant.

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