Editra is a

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, released under a wxWindows license. It is written by Cody Precord in

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, 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.

Features

It features syntax highlighting from Pygments. It supports many programming languages, including C,

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. It also features syntax highlighting for

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s. Editra supports features commonly found in other programmer-style text editors. It also supports: * 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

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External links

{{commons category * official website - No longer in operation
editra Google Project

Pygments — Python syntax highlighter
Free text editors Software that uses wxWidgets 2007 software

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