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SlickEdit

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Multi-language, multi-platform text and code editing environment.

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Extensive support for programming languages

SlickEdit supports over 50 programming languages on nine platforms.

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Scriptable

Write custom macro commands, functions, dialogs and tool windows.

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Multi-Platform

Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86

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Symbol analysis support

There are powerful symbol analysis features in SlickEdit, including context tagging and references.

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Extensive configuration options

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Integrated debuggers for multiple languages

Integrated debuggers for GNU C++, Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, and PHP.

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Built-in beautifier

The beautifier formats code as you type to help improve readability and consistency.

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Compiler tools

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Over 13 emulations

Choose from fifteen keyboard emulations, containing the key bindings and behaviors necessary to emulate other editors (e.g., CUA, Vim, GNU Emacs, etc.)

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Portable mode

Possibility to set up a portable installation, to run on a USB drive for example.

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Easy access to XCode projects

SlickEdit opens XCode projects with no conversions needed.

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Third party tool integration

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Easy access to Visual Studio workspace

SlickEdit opens Visual Studio workspace with no conversions needed.

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It's kinda slow

If you have a very large project or tag database, it can hang the UI

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SlickEdit
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One IDE for all languages and on all platforms. Great time saver.
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 Extensive support for programming languages
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