SlickEdit

Infobox_Software
name = SlickEdit



caption =
latest release version = 13
developer = SlickEdit, Inc.
operating_system = Cross-platform
genre = 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.

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 2008 (version 13.0) was released in March 2008.

upported languages

SlickEdit supports a wide variety of programming languages, including: [ [http://www.slickedit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=57 SlickEdit's supported languages] ]

* ActionScript
* Ada programming language
* ANTLR
* AppleScript
* AWK
* Bourne shell scripts
* C
* C Shell
* C#
* C++
* CFML
* CFScript
* Ch
* CICS
* COBOL
* configuration files
* DB2
* DTD
* Fortran
* High Level Assembler
* HTML
* IDL
* INI
* InstallScript
* J#
* Java
* JavaScript
* JCL
* JSP
* Lex
* Makefile
* Modula-2
* Objective-C
* Pascal
* Perl
* PHP
* PL/I
* PL/SQL
* PowerNP Assembler
* Progress 4GL
* PV-Wave
* Python
* REXX
* Ruby
* SAS
* Slick-C
* Tcl
* Transact SQL
* VBScript
* Verilog
* VHDL
* Visual Basic
* Visual Basic .NET
* Windows * batch files
* x86 assembly language
* XML
* XSD
* Yacc

It also supports some other languages for syntax highlighting alone. 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.

Operating systems

SlickEdit runs on a number of operating systems, including: [ [http://www.slickedit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=57 SlickEdit's supported operating systems] ]

* AIX
* HP-UX
* Linux
* Mac OS X (using X11)
* Microsoft Windows and Windows Vista
* Solaris

SlickEdit also supported OS/2 until version 4.0b.

lick-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 in 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.

The language is C-like (as the name suggests), though it has some elements from REXX (parse, say, ...). These REXX features probably stem from the early days when the editor was making use of a REXX-derived scripting language.

upport

In addition to direct support for customers, SlickEdit also hosts a web forum where users can help one another. [ [http://www.slickedit.com/content/section/5/50/ SlickEdit support] ]

Criticisms

As can be seen by the official support forum and latest change log, SlickEdit 2007 (12.0) was released with many bugs but numerous issues were fixed in versions 12.0.1 and 12.0.2. Additional bugs were fixed in hotfixes, which are bundled in a single file and is at revision 8 as of July 29, 2007.

According to some, SlickEdit suffers from an overabundance of features. In a review of version 11 of SlickEdit, Tom Plunket wrote:

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 [ [http://www.slickedit.com/component/option,com_phpshop/page,shop.browse/category_id,73773bc5d4be634b647b25e280178ca1/Itemid,50/ SlickEdit Plug-In page] ]
* SlickEdit Tools: Integrates additional tools and utilities into Microsoft's Visual Studio [ [http://www.slickedit.com/component/option,com_phpshop/page,shop.browse/category_id,bfbc7aea1cb6164ac9757ecc0733bc59/Itemid,50/ SlickEdit Tools page] ]

References

ee also

*List of text editors
*Comparison of text editors

External links

* [http://www.slickedit.com/ Official SlickEdit website]