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 # Plain text with lines
 
 An editor for plain text where you can also seamlessly insert line drawings.
-Designed above all to be easy to modify and give you early warning if your
-modifications break something.
+Designed above all to be easy to understand.
 
 http://akkartik.name/lines.html