Editra

Editra is a multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development.

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editra is a multiplatform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development. currently it supports syntax highlighting and variety of other useful features for over 60 programming languages.

editra is freely available for personal use under the terms of the wxwindows license.

currently the project is in the alpha development phase but test builds of "stable" points are available for download and trial as windows and mac osx(universal) binaries, currently other unix and linux based systems will have to install from source

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