SlickEdit Delivers Linux Version of Award-Winning WebSphere Studio & Eclipse Code Editor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2003 Visual SlickEdit Plug-In v8.0.1 for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse also supports newest release of Eclipse on both Windows and Linux platforms SlickEdit(R) Inc., provider of the most comprehensive and flexible code editor for software developers, today announced at the JavaOne Conference that its award-winning Visual SlickEdit(R) Plug-In v8.0.1 for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse is now available on Linux and now supports Eclipse 2.1, the newest release of the open-source Eclipse integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE (1) (Integrated Development Environment) A set of programs run from a single user interface. For example, programming languages often include a text editor, compiler and debugger, which are all activated and function from a common menu. ), on both Windows and Linux platforms. Visual SlickEdit Plug-In is a feature-rich, customizable code editor that supports a wide range of programming languages and provides advanced editing capabilities not previously found in IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) WebSphere Studio and Eclipse IDEs. All features enable developers using the IDEs to code even faster to meet increasingly aggressive deadlines. With the release of Visual SlickEdit Plug-In v8.0.1 for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse, more WebSphere Studio and Eclipse developers can now use Visual SlickEdit as their default code editor. The Plug-In now runs on both Linux and Windows, the two dominant platforms for WebSphere Studio and Eclipse. Visual SlickEdit Plug-In recently won the 2003 WebSphere Advisor Editors' Choice Silver Award in the Development Tools category. In addition to the new support of Eclipse 2.1, the Plug-In also supports Eclipse 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 and WebSphere Studio 5.0 on both Linux and Windows platforms. The Linux version of the Plug-In supports the Motif user interface, which is widely used by Linux users. Linux/GTK support is planned for a future release. Visual SlickEdit Plug-In provides a rich set of advanced code editing features for an exceptionally wide range of programming languages, including Java, C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++, C#, HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , and encodings such as Unicode, S/DBCS and EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) Pronounced "eb-suh-dick." The binary code for text as well as communications and printer control from IBM. . In addition to advanced code editing features for Java users, Visual SlickEdit Plug-In provides exceptional code editing capabilities for C/C++ developers and C# on Windows and Linux. The Plug-In provides many innovative cross-language features including Context Tagging(TM) for argument completion, auto list members, auto list parameters and auto parameter info; the DIFFzilla(TM) file, directory tree and symbolic differencing application; 3-way merge editing; syntax expansion; an alias facility; many search options; selective display; SmartPaste(TM); code beautifiers A program that improves the presentation of programming source code. Based on an analysis of the syntax, it indents lines appropriately and squashes extraneous blank spaces and lines in order to produce more readable code. See prettyprint. ; Slick-C(TM) macro programming capability; code completion with Javadoc comments; menu and forms editors; nine emulations; Current Symbol Tab tool; and the ability to open files not in the workspace. The Plug-In provides nine built-in emulations, including VI and GNU Emacs GNU Emacs - Emacs . Eclipse 2.1 enables developers using Visual SlickEdit Plug-In to customize their editor even further by allowing any key to be bound to any Visual SlickEdit command and the ability to change emulations simply by changing the Eclipse active key configuration. "By delivering Visual SlickEdit Plug-In for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse on Linux and adding Eclipse 2.1 support to our Windows and Linux versions, SlickEdit now has advanced code editing solutions on both of these dominant platforms," said Jill Maurer, SlickEdit chief executive officer. "Our core competence Core competence Primary area of expertise. Narrowly defined fields or tasks at which a company or business excels. Primary areas of specialty. is code editing solutions, and we are excited that so many Eclipse and WebSphere Studio developers can now code faster on their platform of choice." Demonstrations Demonstrations of Visual SlickEdit Plug-In v8.0.1 are available at the SlickEdit booth at the JavaOne Conference Pavilion this week, at the Eclipse Birds-of-a-Feather session Wednesday, June 11, 7:00 - 10:00 pm at the San Francisco Marriott The San Francisco Marriott is a skyscraper in San Francisco, California. The building rises 436 feet (133 meters) in the southern region of San Francisco’s Financial District. It contains 39 floors, and was completed in 1989. , and via customized WebEx demos scheduled through SlickEdit. Pricing and Availability Visual SlickEdit Plug-In for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse is available on both Linux and Windows platforms immediately. Pricing on either platform starts at $249 for electronic download. Named user and concurrent licenses are available, along with special Academic pricing for students and faculty. A 30-day trial on either Linux or Windows is available immediately at www.slickedit.com. About SlickEdit Inc. SlickEdit Inc. provides software developers with the most comprehensive and flexible code editor they can use. Visual SlickEdit, proven across a wide range of programming languages and on Windows, Linux and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms, enables even the most accomplished developers to code faster and meet increasingly aggressive deadlines. Formed in 1988, SlickEdit is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. located in the center of North Carolina's Research Triangle area. For more information, please visit www.slickedit.com. Visual SlickEdit and SlickEdit are registered trademarks of SlickEdit Inc. Context Tagging, DIFFzilla, Dynamic Difference Editing, Slick-C and SmartPaste are trademarks of SlickEdit Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective organizations. Protected by U.S. Patent 5,710,926. |
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