Java™ Application Development on Linux - Dator

48Chapter 2An Embarrassment of Riches: Editors• xcoral comes up fast; seems well done. Half of the YaST developers swearby it, not only because of the built-in C/C++/Java browser. This editorprovides support for C, C++, Java, Perl, Ada, and Fortran programs, aswell as LATEX and HTML documents. With the help of the built-in SMallANSI C Interpreter (SMAC), xcoral can be configured and extendedin 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 detailedonline help system (also available in HTML and PostScript format).• axe features multiple windows, multiple buffers, configurable menus andbuttons, access to external filters, keyboard macros, comprehensive onlinehelp, and more.• eddi is an X editor based on the TiX shell, with syntax highlighting andseveral other useful features.• the: If you’re an IBMer from the heyday of mainframes, perhaps you’veused xedit from VM/CMS. If so, you might want to check out the, whosename is the acronym of “The Hessling Editor.”• JED is an extremely powerful but small Emacs-like editor for programmersthat is extensible in a C-like macro language and is able to perform colorsyntax highlighting. Among the many features: Emacs, WordStar,EDT emulation; C, Fortran, TEX, text editing modes; full undo; Emacscompatibleinfo reader, and lots more. It claims to be 8-bit clean, so youcan even edit binary files.• Glimmer is the editor formerly known as CodeCommander. It is a fullfeatured code editor with many advanced features, including full scriptingintegration with either Python or Guile.• joe (Joe’s own editor) is a freeware ASCII editor for UNIX. joe is similarto most IBM PC text editors. The keyboard shortcuts are similar toWordStar and Turbo C. When joe has several files opened at the sametime, each file is displayed in its own window. Additionally, joe supportsshell windows whereby the output of the executed commands is saved ina 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 powerful.Developers can develop their own plug-ins if they desire.