Modern version of the Commodore 64 full-screen editor?

[MHaensel]

I miss the sweet spot that Commodore text-based stuff gave me. 40 columns (80 or 132 would be better) of fixed-spaced text with character graphics and colors would be fantastic.

Is there an editor/file format that works like that?

 

It seems like 2020-era file formats are mostly:
Plain text - saves anywhere, reads anywhere, the opposite of "fancy"
.docx or similar - big, complex file formats with overlapping styles, foreign-language fonts, page layout, and a whole pile of stuff that's not "typing words onto a screen"

[carlsson]

What do you want to use the editor for? My first thought goes to something like CBM .prg Studio or C64 Studio but both these use regular looking text editors and are targeted as IDEs to create Commodore programs, not so much full screen editors with fancy colours and graphic symbols (which ones would you want to support?).

[MHaensel]

Heh. It's mostly just making a few fancy text files for my own amusement. CBM .prg studio looks very promising! Thanks for the links.

[carlsson]

There also a few PETSCII graphics editors that may fit your bill. I don't recall what those are called or which is the best but look for it. I used Playscii a little a couple years ago.