Ted On Flash: Code Editor

Code Editor

DIGG IT! 3 Comments Published Monday, September 27, 2004 at 4:00 AM .

I switched editors this weekend. After 4 years of working with Code-Genie and its limited syntax highlighting, I switched to Boxer.&

I edit allot of text and editors make a profound difference in my ability to see and address errors quickly. I have been searching for a text editor that provides a great balance across different languages. Lately I find myself editing ActionScript, C# (ASP.NET), PHP, and Python with regularity. I needed a text editor that provides common syntax highlighting within multiple lauguages. I had found myself using IDLE for Python and Code-Genie for all others. Since I could never get a common view of the different languages, it presented a problem that could only be solved by switching editors all together.

BOXER INFORMATION

Boxer supports dialog driven syntax files that separate highlighting style and the language syntax. This allows you to define a language syntax quickly and apply common highlighting across many syntaxes. Simply change the highlighting style and changes are seen across all languages. Yesterday I added support for C# and Python allowing both to visually match my preferences. In additon, Boxer uses the syntax keywords within an active spell checker, allowing you to see spelling errors within a language visually.

Better still Boxer suppors multiple keyboard layouts and includes layouts for most major editors in existence. I opened the keyboard layout and selected "UltraEdit" and found myself instantly productive.

Boxer is fast, very stable, and allows me to customize the view to match my editing style. Even now I am pretty sure I have only scratched the surfact of this tool.

Cheers,

Ted ;)