Jane

Jane is Just Another Nasty Editor, designed to view and edit all kind of ASCII files. There are millions of similar editors already available, but the choice is yours:...

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Windows

jane is just another nasty editor, designed to view and edit all kind of ascii files. there are millions of similar editors already available, but the choice is yours: those who try this might discover nice features they'll soon don't want to miss anymore.

jane features: shell integration (doubleclick ascii files in your explorer to view them, or scan a directory for the files inside without any further clicks). create a new file with a single click.

drag'n'drop support (just drop any file you want to see into jane to open it, or folder to browse for files).

handling hyperlinks (you will be able to open urls from jane).

multi instance (you can specify whether you want only one instance of the program to be allowed (files will be opened in the same window) or more).

copy on select (text is copied to clipboard right after you've selected it and released your mouse button/cursor keys).

browse directories for certain filetypes that you define.

you can easily register additional filetypes to open with jane.

able to fit onto file width no need to resize jane for every single file.

a "recently opened files" menu with max. 30 entries. you can turn this menu on/off.

up to ten different font schemes can be configured, so it's very easy to switch between different fonts.

many edit functions for strings like reverse, lower and upper vowels, randomize and invert.

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