Text Editor for Drive

Text Editor for Drive

A powerful and lightweight Text editor, extractor for Google Drive. It allow you to edit the Text file, Extract text from file.

What is Text Editor for Drive?
Text Editor for Drive is a feature-rich Chrome extension enabling users to efficiently manage text-based documents, code files, and e-books on Google Drive. It stands apart for capabilities including syntax highlighting, Vim editor mode support, text extraction from binary and mail attachment files. Additionally, it supports a wide array of file formats from standard PDF and DOCX to uniquely specialized formats like .dbf, .hlp, .mobi, and many more.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.67 (328)
Version: 1.0.1.4 (Last updated: 2019-01-17)
Creation date: 2019-01-16
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • unlimitedStorage
Size: 12.81K
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Merlin
Summary

A powerful and lightweight Text editor, extractor for Google Drive. This app allows you to edit the Text file, Extract plain text and mail attachments from a binary(msg, winmail.dat, pdf) file.

You can choose a text file to edit from Google Drive. Provides connect with Google Drive. You can easily view or edit your text file, you can also use it as e-book reader to open txt novel. html, javascript, css... syntax highlighting, Vim editor mode support.

*Extract text from the binary file. Google Drive and Local Computer. Document to Text. Supported formats: pdf,doc,dot,docx,docm,dotx,dotm xls,xlw,xla,xlt,xlsx,xlsm,xltx,xltm,xlsb ppt,ppa,ppsx,ppsm,pps,pot,pptx,pptm potx,potm,odt,ods,odp,fodt,ott,fodp,otp fods,ots,rtf,ps(Postscript) epub(eBook),mobi(eBook),chm(HTML Help),hlp,fb2,tex,latex,mht,mhtml,hwp,Apple iWorks(pages,key) msg(outlook, attachments),winmail.dat(TNEF format, attachments),pdf(attachments)

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Good lightweight text editor
  • Supports VIM key-bindings
  • Integrated with Google Drive
Cons
  • Not a secure website (does not use HTTPS)
  • No autosave feature
  • Issues with login and text display
Most mentioned
  • Not secure website (HTTP instead of HTTPS)
  • No autosave
  • Login issues
  • Issues with text display
  • Integrates well with Google Drive
Recent reviews
Works ok, but beware it's STILL not safe, even few years has passed. It uses http instead of https, so remember not to type anything sensitive using this app.
by Grzegorz Kurek Grzegorz Kurek, 2020-07-31

Good lightweight text editor. Only issue I face is that files saved by the app cannot be previewed in Drive. Anyway to fix that?
by Ahmed Azhad Ahmed Azhad, 2020-07-26

No save prompt is a deal breaker. Please ping me when there is an option to get this or an autosave. And no https? These are weird and regrettable failures, making all the interesting features void.
by Bertus van Heusden Bertus van Heusden, 2020-07-01
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Safety
Risk impact

Text Editor for Drive is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Text Editor for Drive has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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