Editra

Screenshot of version 0.6.77

Developer(s)| Cody Precord
Initial release| June 16, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-06-16)
Stable release| None  [±]
Written in| Python
Available in| 24 languages[1]
Type| Text editor
License| wxWindows license

Editra is a cross-platform,[2] open-source text editor, released under a wxWindows license. It is written by Cody Precord in Python, and it was first publicly released in June 2007. As of November 2011 the project is in alpha development phase, but "stable" builds are available for download. Editra has gained notability for being a text editor incorporated in Ren'Py. The main site is down as of at least July 2019.

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Features

It features syntax highlighting[3] from Pygments.[4] It supports many programming languages, including C, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and XML.[5] It also features syntax highlighting for BAT, DIFF, INI and REG file formats.[6]

Editra supports features commonly found in other programmer-style text editors. It also supports:[7]

* Auto-completion/calltips (Python, C, XML)
* Auto-indent
* Column edit mode
* Command mode
* Dockable customizable interface
* Drag-and-drop (tabs/file opening/text)
* Export to build-wxpython.py—build_dir=../bld/LaTeX/Rtf
* Edit remote files (FTPEdit plugin)
* Editable user profiles
* Extensible with plugins
* Integrated Python shell (PyShell plugin)
* Language keyword helper
* Line bookmarking
* Line edit commands (join, transpose, etc.)
* Multiple (synchronized) views of the same file
* Source control management (project plugin)
* Syntax highlighting (60+ languages)
* Unicode support
* vi keybinding support
* Zoom in/out

## See also

* List of text editors
* Comparison of text editors

## References

1. ↑ Setup/build script for Editra
2. ↑ Purdy, Kevin (13 August 2008). "Editra Brings Code-Friendly Editing to All Platforms". http://lifehacker.com/400332/editra-brings-code+friendly-editing-to-all-platforms.
3. ↑ "Editra: A Powerful & Expandable Cross-Platform Text & Code Editor". 29 June 2011. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/editra-powerful-expandable-crossplatform-text-code-editor.
4. ↑ "Editra is made possible by the following "free" technologies and the communities that develop them". 2017-10-10. http://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxPython/3rdParty/Editra/THANKS.
5. ↑ "Editra - Open Source Alternative - osalt.com". http://www.osalt.com/editra.
6. ↑ "Supported languages — Pygments". http://pygments.org/languages.
7. ↑ "Editra Download". 10 January 2013. http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/File-Editors/editra.shtml.

## External links

* Official website (Archived on June 23, 2019)
* editra Google Project
* Pygments -- Python syntax highlighter

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