SlickEdit
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| Developer(s) | SlickEdit, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 14 (2009) |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | source code editor |
| License | proprietary |
| Website | http://www.slickedit.com |
SlickEdit is a cross-platform source code editor by SlickEdit, Inc. SlickEdit provides syntax highlighting, code navigation and customizable keyboard shortcuts. Versions from 2007 and later also support programmable code templates.
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[edit] History
SlickEdit started as a source code editor with features such as syntax highlighting, code refactoring, macros, and key bindings (keyboard shortcuts) compatible with many mainstream text editors including vim and Emacs. It has progressively been augmented with more features, such as integrated debugging sessions, to mimic some functionality of IDEs.
In SlickEdit 11, vi emulation was upgraded to vim emulation.
SlickEdit 2009 (version 14.0) was released in March 2009.
[edit] Supported languages and operating systems
SlickEdit lists around 60 supported programming languages and file types[1], including e.g. C, C++, Java, HTML, PHP, XML, Windows batch files, AWK, Makefiles or INI files.
Some of these are only supported with syntax highlighting, such as Makefiles and INI files. Like most other code editors, SlickEdit allows the user to add support for additional languages and to modify the way it operates on the ones listed above.
SlickEdit states to support 76 different encodings[2] and to run on seven operating systems, which are:[3]
Until version 4.0b, SlickEdit supported the OS/2 operating system.
[edit] Slick-C
Slick-C is the proprietary scripting language of the editor. Much of the editor is actually written in Slick-C, and all the Slick-C source code is included with the product. This means that the user can take a look at how things work and modify the behavior to suit her/his needs better.
As the name suggests, the language resembles C, though it has some elements from REXX (parse, substr, ...). The original author of Slick-C liked these string parsing features of REXX and added similar features to Slick-C.
[edit] Support
In addition to direct support for customers, SlickEdit also hosts a web forum where users can help one another.[4]
[edit] Criticisms
According to some, SlickEdit suffers from an overabundance of features. In a review of version 11 released in 2006 of SlickEdit, Tom Plunket wrote:
| “ | SlickEdit ends up being a very complex piece of software. Some of its most promising features are hard to use, and configuring the program to work to any one developer's tastes can be tedious... its power can only be harnessed by people who are ready to spend considerable time learning how to truly use it.[5] | ” |
[edit] Related products
SlickEdit also two related packages which integrate into existing IDEs:
- SlickEdit Plug-In: Integrates the SlickEdit editor for use in the Eclipse IDE[6]
- SlickEdit Tools: Integrates additional tools and utilities into Microsoft Visual Studio[7]
[edit] References
- ^ SlickEdit's supported languages
- ^ SlickEdit's supported languages
- ^ SlickEdit's supported operating systems
- ^ SlickEdit support
- ^ Plunket, T. (2006, August). Skunk Works: SlickEdit's SlickEdit 11. Game Developer, 10-11.
- ^ SlickEdit Plug-In page
- ^ SlickEdit Tools page
