An editor is in charge of correcting and adapting a text.
Editor , from the Latin editor , is one or that who edits . The verb edit , for its part, refers to publishing a work through some medium or to correcting and adapting a work according to certain rules and regulations.
An editor , therefore, can be a person who is dedicated to publishing a newspaper, a magazine, a book, etc., through a printing press or other procedure with the intention of multiplying copies. For example: "I have already delivered the manuscript to my editor" , "The writer from Córdoba has a long confrontation with his former editor" , "My father has written two novels but cannot find an editor who wants to promote his work" .
The editor can also be the subject dedicated to the adaptation and correction of a text : "Send the contents to the editor so we can send everything to the printer as soon as possible" , "The editor is happy because he does not have to make major changes to my notes" , «I have many spelling mistakes, I could never work as an editor in a magazine» .
Computer editor
In the field of computing , an editor is a program ( software ) that allows you to correct, create, store, etc. some type of file . An image editor , in this sense, is the program that makes it possible to modify photographs, drawings and similar content: «The photo we took at the door of the theater came out very dark: we will have to fix it with the editor» , «I don't like them modifying the body of the models with an editor» .
The use of image editors to alter the physical appearance of famous people generates a lot of controversy, and frequently makes the front pages . One of the reasons, perhaps the main one, is that it transmits a very negative message to children and young people about the importance of physical beauty, which hinders their development and creates the false idea that aging and physical defects are something they should be ashamed of.
Although these photo retouching tactics are usually associated with famous women, just as it is said that fashion and aesthetics only matter to that gender, men do not escape this twisted message either. Through an image editor, it is possible to completely eliminate any wrinkles and facial marks , make the pores of the skin magically disappear and turn our face into a real marble sculpture, remove a few extra pounds and even change our eye color, hair and the tone of our skin.
An editor is a computer program that makes it possible to create and modify some kind of file.
Work with text
In addition to image editors, there are text editors , web page editors , and audio editors, among others. It is worth mentioning that, unlike the situation that took place in the early 1990s, consumers today have high-quality free alternatives to most computer applications.
The text editor differs from the processor in that it allows you to enter plain text , instead of rich text ; In other words, they do not offer the possibility of modifying their appearance through fonts and colors, nor the creation of tables, among many other options. However, this difference is intentional, given that both products target well-defined audiences: word processors tend to be of interest to people who generate literary content , while editors are of interest to programmers.
On the other hand, a text editor offers options to customize the look of the work environment; For example, products like Notepad++, a powerful open source editor, allow you to dynamically change the size of text during editing, assign different colors to reserved words in programming languages, change the color palette used for the background, and characters, highlight all search results, and hide sections of a document that are enclosed in curly braces.