SlickEdit Core brings the rich history of excellence of SlickEdit to the Eclipse framework. It delivers the power programming capabilities needed to write more code faster and more accurately, making it an indispensable plug-in for developers.
At SlickEdit, our belief is that it's the code that really matters. We are a company of power programmers working to develop the tools that power programmers demand, tools that provide the best editing capabilities to help you write your code the way you want.
We take great pride in delivering unparalleled power, speed, and flexibility to our customers. Our goal is to remove the tedious tasks involved with programming, allowing you to focus on the reason you first got into programming: the thrill of writing great code.
SlickEdit® Core contains the most powerful and comprehensive set of features available in any editor. Many are unique to SlickEdit Core. To see a list of features we think are particularly cool, click Help → SlickEdit Cool Features from the Eclipse main menu. Each feature is described and you can watch a short demo of the feature in action.
These strategies will help you write more code, faster than you ever have before:
Use workspaces and projects to manage your code - SlickEdit Core uses Context Tagging® to build a database of the symbols in your source files. All of the files within a workspace are tagged, allowing for more accurate completion information and rapid navigation. For more information, see Context Tagging Features.
Keep your hands on the keyboard - Time is wasted each time you reach for the mouse. SlickEdit Core contains 14 editor emulations with predefined key bindings that are ready for use in performing common tasks. Define your own key bindings or invoke editor operations from the SlickEdit Core command line. For more information, see Using the Mouse and Keyboard.
Type as little as possible - SlickEdit Core contains many features that reduce the number of keystrokes you type, including: completions, syntax expansion, aliases, macros, and code templates. For information about these features, see the topics in the Editing Features chapter.
Rapidly navigate code - Instantly jump from a symbol to its definition or view a list of references. Preview definitions for the current symbol without having to open the file. Use bookmarks to mark important locations in the code. SlickEdit Core includes powerful browsers and search capabilities, allowing you to quickly find the code you want. See Navigation and Symbol Browsing for more information.
Access information quickly - SlickEdit Core uses visual indicators to provide you with information about your code, including syntax highlighting and color coding. Special views are also available for viewing information about files, classes, symbols, definitions, and more. To learn more, see SlickEdit Core Views, Symbol Browsing and the Editing Features chapter.
Let SlickEdit Core do the formatting - Syntax indenting, SmartPaste®, and code beautifiers are just a few of the automatic formatting features in SlickEdit Core. For more information, see the topics in the Editing Features chapter.
Time-saving utilities - SlickEdit Core provides many utilities for working with your code, such as DIFFzilla®, 3-Way Merge, Spell Check, FTP, a RegEx Evaluator, math commands, and even a calculator. See the topics in the Tools and Utilities chapter for more information.
SlickEdit Core offers a Quick Start Configuration Wizard to help configure the most commonly changed options. Use this to get up and running with SlickEdit Core as quickly as possible.
The User Guide also includes the Quick Start guide. It describes how to set the options featured in the Quick Start Configuration Wizard plus a few more common user preference settings.
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