What's a lightweight alternative to Word / Writer? [closed]

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Published on 2011-11-17T15:52:33Z Indexed on 2011/11/17 17:56 UTC
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I'm looking for a desktop, cross-OS, Word/Writer-like program (this is, that lets the user format the content, as opposed to source code editors) without all the feature bloat + performance overhead I'd get with an office suite.

Ideally, most of its features would be focused on:

the text editing itself - clever replaces, indentation control, etc, and
separating the content from its presentation, à la HTML/CSS.

Which programs match these features?

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