A tip: Code editor for ACL
- October 13, 2011
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A developer's most important tool is without doubt the code editor. When I ditched Linux on the desktop two years ago (the tipping point was when a buggy X driver fried my graphic adapter), and started to enjoy Windows 7, I needed a replacement for Emacs. In my earlier life in Sweden I'd been using Textpad from Helios Software for a decade, but this product seemed to have reached "maintenance mode" (esp. regarding handling of Unicode).
So I spent several days searching a commercial code editor suitable for ACL. Finally i decided to buy Zeus (http://zeusedit.com).
Don't let the somewhat unprofessionally crafted website fool you. Or the slightly old-fashioned looks of the GUI. This is an extremely powerful, mature and stable product. It doesn't aim to be an all-purpose texteditor (like UltraEdit). The target audience is programmers.
I'm attaching a "keyword information file" defining the "document type" ACL (see http://www.zeusedit.com/zforum/viewtopic.php?t=176). It defines not only highlighting, but also the "function navigator", see the attached screen dump.
How to enable "code folding" is described here: http://www.zeusedit.com/zforum/viewtopic.php?t=6191
Have fun!
K J