MadEdit

MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets. MadEdit can edit files in Text/Column/Hex modes, and supports many useful...

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madedit is an opensource and crossplatform text/hex editor written in c++ and wxwidgets.

madedit can edit files in text/column/hex modes, and supports many useful functions, e.g. syntaxhighlightings, wordwrap, encodings (utf8/16/32,big5,gbk...) and wordcount.

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madedit can run under linux, freebsd and mswindows platforms.edits files in text, column and hex modes.in hexmode, madedit can open large files which size is up to 32gb (int_max*16).users can change the encoding of files at runtime like webbrowsers.supports many encodings, e.g. unicode(utf8, utf16/32 with little or big endian), big5, gbk and sjis etc.supports unicode cjk extb.if users input a character that is not supported by current encoding, this character will be converted to u+xxxx. unicode format.regular expression search & replace (by using boost.xpressive).opens multiple files on single instance.supports syntaxhighlighting of many programming languages, e.g. awk, c/c++, css, diff/patch, d, dos batch script, flash actionscript, html, java, javascript, jsp, lua, pascal, php, perl, python, ruby, unix shell script, x86 assembly, xml, fortran, tex/latex, squirrel, c#, visual basic, asp(vbscript), sql, verilog, vhdl.madedit can view asciiart files under win32 platform.

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