Visual Slickedit

Visual Slickedit

Disclaimer: This is not the official Slickedit site. I am a fan of this editor and decided to put up a discussion board for other slickedit users and myself. The official URL for Slickedit is found at http://www.slickedit.com

Visual Slickedit is a powerful programmer's text editor. It is highly customizable and runs on a large number of different platforms. For programmers, the editor is one of the most important tools. A good editor can save countless hours when working on a project.

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References

  • The Craft of Text Editing by Craig A. Finseth - This out-of-print book is now provided online by the author and discusses the design and implementation of text editors.
  • Text Editors: Algorithms and Architecture by Ray Valdez (Dr. Dobb's Journal, April 1993) - A well written article that takes a practical look at programming text editors.
  • Usenet postings by Joseph Allen and Stephen Trier
    • editech.1.Z - General techiques on editor implementation.
    • editech.2.Z - Updating the screen in a buffer-gap editor.
    • editech.3.Z - How to 'store' the file in memory. Buffer GAP method.
    • editech.4.Z - Buffer management in the Poplog editor VED.
    • editech.5.Z - Questions (and answers) about buffer-gap implementations.
  • VI documentation archive
  • Bruce Ediger's page on editors.

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