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JED (text editor)

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JED
Company typeFree software
IndustrySoftware
Area served
Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Unix, DOS)
ProductsText editor software
Websitehttp://www.paneura.com/~dino/wjed.html

JED is a text editor primarily developed using the S-Lang programming library and scripting language. It boasts extensive cross-platform compatibility, functioning on Windows as well as all prominent Linux and Unix systems, with earlier editions also supporting DOS. Its streamlined architecture ensures minimal consumption of system resources, making it particularly suitable for older hardware and embedded system environments. The Emacs mode in JED is recognized for delivering one of the most faithful emulations available.

Features

According to the JED official site:

  • Terminal-based color syntax highlighting
  • Support for Code folding
  • Drop-down menu functionality across different platforms
  • Imitates editors such as Emacs, EDT, WordStar, Borland, and Brief
  • Extensively configurable through the C-style S-Lang language
  • Integrated GNU info viewer tailored for Texinfo documentation
  • Multiple programming modes featuring syntax highlighting, including languages like C, C++, Fortran, TeX, HTML, Bourne shell (sh), Perl, Python, among others
  • TeX editing capabilities with AUC-TeX-like features and support for BibTeX
  • Asynchronous subprocess handling that allows compilation directly within the editor
  • Linux console mouse interaction enabled by the GPM driver
  • Modes for abbreviation and dynamic abbreviation expansion
  • Fully 8-bit clean with support for mute and dead keys
  • Rectangular cut-and-paste functionality; regular expression operations; incremental search; multi-file search and replace; multiple buffers and windows; shell integration; directory browsing (dired); email clients; spell checking (ispell) and additional utilities

Available versions:

  • "jed" – command-line edition for Windows command prompt or Unix-like terminals
  • "xjed" – lightweight graphical interface for the X Window System
  • "wjed" – lightweight graphical interface designed for Windows

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