Paige Ruten personal blog
Build Your Own Text Editor
Welcome! This is an instruction booklet that shows you how to build a text editor in C.
- Points
- 1,275
- HN comments
- 326
- Submissions
- 4
- Cited by
- 34 commenters
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2017 | Build Your Own Text Editor by matthewbauer | 1,275 | 159 |
| Aug 4, 2019 | Build Your Own Text Editor by tosh | 711 | 103 |
| Jan 10, 2021 | Build Your Own Text Editor by Tomte | 323 | 34 |
| Nov 13, 2022 | Build Your Own Text Editor (2017) by Tomte | 237 | 30 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 34 Hacker News comments by 34 different people, from May 2017 to Sep 2026.
Most recent:
- vivzkestrel · Sep 3, 2026
- mdonahoe · Mar 11, 2026
- hiduck · Dec 14, 2025
- cfiggers · Nov 27, 2025
- thomasdziedzic · May 20, 2025
- rollcat · Apr 13, 2025
