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Add to SafariWhen comparing jEdit vs SlickEdit, the Slant community recommends SlickEdit for most people. In the question“What are the best programming text editors?” SlickEdit is ranked 18th while jEdit is ranked 63rd. The most important reason people chose SlickEdit is:
SlickEdit supports over 50 programming languages on nine platforms.
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Pros
Pro Syntax highlighting
JEdit offers syntax highlighting for several languages.
Pro Plugin support
JEdit has lots of plugins that help you customize the editor to your liking. The plugins are easy to download (once you select a mirror) and take effect right away, without a restart.
Pro Cross-platform
jEdit runs on Linux, OS X and Windows.
Pro Extensive support for programming languages
SlickEdit supports over 50 programming languages on nine platforms.
Pro Built-in beautifier
The beautifier formats code as you type to help improve readability and consistency.
Pro Compiler tools
Pro Scriptable
Write custom macro commands, functions, dialogs and tool windows.
Pro 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.)
Pro Extensive configuration options
Pro Easy access to Visual Studio workspace
SlickEdit opens Visual Studio workspace with no conversions needed.
Pro Symbol analysis support
There are powerful symbol analysis features in SlickEdit, including context tagging and references.
Pro Integrated debuggers for multiple languages
Integrated debuggers for GNU C++, Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, and PHP.
Pro Multi-Platform
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris SPARC, Solaris x86
Pro Portable mode
Possibility to set up a portable installation, to run on a USB drive for example.
Pro Easy access to XCode projects
SlickEdit opens XCode projects with no conversions needed.
Pro Third party tool integration
Pro Popular version control system
Cons
Con Depends on Java
Because jEdit requires Java to be installed on the OS, it's not suitable for those who don't want Java.
Con No command line option
This is a visual only editor
Con It's kinda slow
If you have a very large project or tag database, it can hang the UI.
