Crimson Editor is a

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for Microsoft Windows. It is typically used as a

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and

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."Crimson Editor 3.70"
, Niketu Shah, Techtree"Crimson Editor"
SpeedGuide The author was Ingyu Kang.

Features

Crimson Editor features Windows shell integration,

tabbed document interface In interface design, a tab is a graphical user interface object that allows multiple documents or panels to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents. It is an interface ...

syntax highlighting Syntax highlighting is a feature of text editors that are used for programming, scripting, or markup languages, such as HTML. The feature displays text, especially source code, in different colours and fonts according to the category of terms. ...

, multiple undo/redo, column mode editing, bracket matching, auto-indentation,

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, direct editing of text files in

FTP The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network. FTP is built on a client–server model architecture using separate control and data ...

and the integration with

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(although only for the characters within the default character set of Windows) and various

newline Newline (frequently called line ending, end of line (EOL), next line (NEL) or line break) is a control character or sequence of control characters in character encoding specifications such as ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode, etc. This character, or a ...

s are supported. Crimson Editor also supports the use of macros. The built-in

calculator An electronic calculator is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics. The first solid-state electronic calculator was created in the early 1960s. Pocket-size ...

can evaluate simple expressions. Basic mathematics

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s, and

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functions are also available.

Reception

Crimson Editor has been extensively reviewed and well received."Crimson Editor 3.70"
Softpedia It has been described as a very good editor and pseudo-IDE interface for programmers to use. It has been highlighted that it has a good set of features, syntax-highlighting for many formats, and includes integrated FTP. However, there are some memory issues with several (full-project) files, and it sometimes crashes.

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External links

* {{official website, www.crimsoneditor.com Windows text editors Windows-only freeware

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