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Add to SafariWhen comparing Slap vs jEdit, the Slant community recommends Slap for most people. In the question“What are the best programming text editors?” Slap is ranked 47th while jEdit is ranked 63rd. The most important reason people chose Slap is:
Slap supports mouse keybindings even though it works inside the terminal and also through SSH.
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Pros
Pro First-class mouse support
Slap supports mouse keybindings even though it works inside the terminal and also through SSH.
Pro Uses desktop-like keybindings
Slap features configurable keybindings (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Z, etc).
Pro Great terminal interface
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.
Cons
Con Requires node.js
Slap is written in JavaScript and it requires something to interpret it in a local machine. That something is node.js, but for people who don't need node, it would be a hindrance and an overkill to install node just to use a simple text editor. Furthermore, it can only be used remotely if the remote machine has node installed.
Con CLI only
Slap only runs through the terminal.
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.
