Ace (JavaScript text editor)
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| Maintainer | Cloud9 IDE and Mozilla |
| developer | Cloud9 IDE and Mozilla |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| Current version |
1.4.8 ( January 14, 2020 ) |
| operating system | Multiplatform |
| programming language | JavaScript |
| category | editor |
| License | BSD license |
| German speaking | Yes |
| https://ace.c9.io | |
Ace is a free text editor . It is programmed in JavaScript and offers, among other things, syntax highlighting and auto-completion . It is subject to the BSD license.
Functions
The editor supports syntax highlighting and automatically indents code. It is suitable for processing large documents. An optional command line is integrated. Its strengths include fully configurable key combinations and its appearance that can be completely changed using templates.
history
The editor emerged from the Mozilla project “Bespin”, later “Skywriter” and Ace as part of Cloud 9 IDE. The Bespin project was born at Mozilla Labs and was built on the HTML tag canvas. Today's Ace uses DOM for rendering. Ace was presented at JSConf 2010 in Berlin. Today the project is continued by Mozilla and Ajax.org alike.
distribution
The software is used successfully in various CMS, online IDEs and small editors. Ports to Ext JS and GWT have also been completed.