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 About Eddie

Eddie is a programmers editor for MacOSX and Gnome Linux. Inspired by the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, Eddie brings some of it's powerful features into a modern lightweight and capable programmer's editor. Eddie is ideal for C/C++ development using makefiles and shell tools but can also be used with XCode projects. The Worksheet in Eddie is a full-featured shell that combines the power of bash and the ease of editing in a normal text window-like mode. Eddie is equally capable at editing HTML, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Lua and many other languages.
Originally written for BeOS, it is currently actively developed for MacOSX. and Gnome Linux.

 Key Features

  • Full featured editor with an extensive set of powerful editing commands, keyboard shortcuts, unlimited Undo, etc.
  • Worksheet windows with a full bash shell support, innovative Tab-completion support
  • Syntax coloring for C/C++, makefiles, assembly, HTML, JavaScript, Lua, Python, Ruby, Konfabulator and many other file formats
  • Function popup with full C/C++/ObjC support, JavaScript, Perl, Lua, Python
  • Magic prototyper greatly simplifies C++ development
  • Ifdef balancing, Commenting, fast Symbol lookup and completion ease development
  • Multiple clipboards with an extended feature set for complex copy-paste jobs
  • Search/Replace supports regular expressions, multi-file, incremental search
  • Windows may be split horizontally and vertically into several panes
  • Extensive plugin API gives plugins full control over the application
  • Every keyboard shortcut fully configurable (includes plugin commands)
  • Workset window allows organizing files into project-like groups
  • Worksets support makefile generation, import from a makefile
  • Support for source control systems like Perforce, Subversion, CVS
  • Optional Emacs-like keymap support

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