Java Reference
In-Depth Information
•
xcoral
comes up fast; seems well done. Half of the YaST developers swear
by it, not only because of the built-in C/C++/Java browser. This editor
provides support for C, C++, Java, Perl, Ada, and Fortran programs, as
well as L
A
T
E
X and HTML documents. With the help of the built-in SMall
ANSI C Interpreter (SMAC),
xcoral
can be configured and extended
in almost arbitrary ways. Examples can be found in the directory
/usr/lib/xcoral
(or wherever
xcoral
is installed on your system).
Further information about
xcoral
and SMAC is available in the detailed
online help system (also available in HTML and PostScript format).
•
axe
features multiple windows, multiple buffers, configurable menus and
buttons, access to external filters, keyboard macros, comprehensive online
help, and more.
•
eddi
is an X editor based on the TiX shell, with syntax highlighting and
several other useful features.
•
the
: If you're an IBMer from the heyday of mainframes, perhaps you've
used
xedit
from VM/CMS. If so, you might want to check out
the
, whose
name is the acronym of “The Hessling Editor.”
• JED is an extremely powerful but small Emacs-like editor for programmers
that is extensible in a C-like macro language and is able to perform color
syntax highlighting. Among the many features: Emacs, WordStar,
EDT emulation; C, Fortran, T
E
X, text editing modes; full undo; Emacs-
compatible info reader, and lots more. It claims to be 8-bit clean, so you
can even edit binary files.
• Glimmer is the editor formerly known as CodeCommander. It is a full
featured code editor with many advanced features, including full scripting
integration with either Python or Guile.
•
joe
(Joe's own editor) is a freeware ASCII editor for UNIX.
joe
is similar
to most IBM PC text editors. The keyboard shortcuts are similar to
WordStar and Turbo C. When
joe
has several files opened at the same
time, each file is displayed in its own window. Additionally,
joe
supports
shell windows whereby the output of the executed commands is saved in
a buffer, automatic filename completion (via Tab), help windows, undo/
redo, search and replace using regular expressions.
• gEdit is a small but powerful text editor designed expressly for GNOME.
It supports a split-screen mode and plug-ins that make it even more pow-
erful. Developers can develop their own plug-ins if they desire.
