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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>It features <a href="/facts/Syntax_highlighting/cLCr5a6w">syntax highlighting</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> from Pygments.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> It supports many programming languages, including <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a>, <a href="/facts/Cascading_Style_Sheets/tA90XBQo">Cascading Style Sheets</a> (CSS), <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a>, <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/facts/Perl/fx31kjlT">Perl</a>, <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, <a href="/facts/Ruby_(programming_language)/BeYSaPSR">Ruby</a> and <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> It also features syntax highlighting for <a href="/facts/Batch_file/E6wMVSyb">BAT</a>, DIFF, INI and REG <a href="/facts/File_format/qrXbwJaH">file formats</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Editra supports features commonly found in other programmer-style text editors. It also supports:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Auto-completion/calltips (Python, C, XML)</li> <li>Auto-indent</li> <li>Column edit mode</li> <li>Command mode</li> <li>Dockable customizable interface</li> <li>Drag-and-drop (tabs/file opening/text)</li> <li>Export to build-wxpython.py—build_dir=../bld/LaTeX/Rtf</li> <li>Edit remote files (FTPEdit plugin)</li> <li>Editable user profiles</li> <li>Extensible with plugins</li> <li>Integrated Python shell (PyShell plugin)</li> <li>Language keyword helper</li> <li>Line bookmarking</li> <li>Line edit commands (join, transpose, etc.)</li> <li>Multiple (synchronized) views of the same file</li> <li>Source control management (project plugin)</li> <li>Syntax highlighting (60+ languages)</li> <li>Unicode support</li> <li>vi keybinding support</li> <li>Zoom in/out</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_text_editors/72CMB1R4">List of text editors</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_text_editors/tf3MyC1C">Comparison of text editors</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Editra. <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190623181618/http://editra.org/">Official website</a> (Archived on June 23, 2019)</li> <li><a href="https://archive.today/20130124204842/http://editra.googlecode.com/">editra Google Project</a></li> <li><a href="http://pygments.org">Pygments — Python syntax highlighter</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Purdy, Kevin (13 August 2008). "Editra Brings Code-Friendly Editing to All Platforms". Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011. <a href="https://lifehacker.com/400332/editra-brings-code+friendly-editing-to-all-platforms" target="_blank">https://lifehacker.com/400332/editra-brings-code+friendly-editing-to-all-platforms</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Editra: A Powerful & Expandable Cross-Platform Text & Code Editor". 29 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011. <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/editra-powerful-expandable-crossplatform-text-code-editor" target="_blank">http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/editra-powerful-expandable-crossplatform-text-code-editor</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Editra is made possible by the following "free" technologies and the communities that develop them". 2017-10-10. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2023-05-27. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212146/http://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxPython/3rdParty/Editra/THANKS" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212146/http://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxPython/3rdParty/Editra/THANKS</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Editra - Open Source Alternative - osalt.com". www.osalt.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2011-12-01. <a href="http://www.osalt.com/editra" target="_blank">http://www.osalt.com/editra</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Supported languages — Pygments". pygments.org. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2011-11-30. <a href="http://pygments.org/languages" target="_blank">http://pygments.org/languages</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Editra Download". 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011. <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/File-Editors/editra.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/File-Editors/editra.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>