<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Visual	B-Application
SlickEdit	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
commercial	O
source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Integrated	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
has	O
integrated	O
debuggers	O
for	O
GNU	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
WinDbg	B-Application
,	O
Clang	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
LLDB	O
,	O
Groovy	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Go	I-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Scala	B-Application
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Android	O
JVM/NDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
includes	O
such	O
features	O
as	O
built	O
in	O
beautifiers	O
that	O
can	O
beautify	O
code	O
as	O
you	O
type	O
,	O
code	O
navigation	O
,	O
context	O
tagging	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Intelligent	B-Application
code	I-Application
completion	I-Application
)	O
,	O
symbol	O
references	O
,	O
third	O
party	O
tool	O
integration	O
,	O
DiffZilla	O
(	O
a	O
file	O
differencing	O
tool	O
)	O
,	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
and	O
15	O
emulations	O
-	O
that	O
include	O
keyboard	O
and	O
selection	O
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
released	O
a	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
Standard	O
version	O
of	O
their	O
product	O
and	O
renamed	O
their	O
original	O
product	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
began	O
in	O
1988	O
as	O
a	O
character-mode	O
editor	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clark	O
Maurer	O
,	O
currently	O
CEO	O
of	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
formerly	O
MicroEdge	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
employed	O
at	O
IBM	O
's	O
Watson	O
research	O
lab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
internal	O
IBM	O
editor	O
E	B-Application
;	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
internal	O
program	O
used	O
at	O
IBM	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
experience	O
enabled	O
him	O
to	O
quit	O
IBM	O
and	O
begin	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
most	O
DOS	B-Device
editors	O
were	O
struggling	O
with	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
16-bit	O
address	O
space	O
or	O
DOS	B-Device
memory	O
handling	O
(	O
640k	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
's	O
programmers	O
found	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
overcome	O
these	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
's	O
current	O
version	O
can	O
now	O
handle	O
large	O
files	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
2	O
TB	O
in	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
with	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
became	O
more	O
popular	O
,	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
continued	O
to	O
produce	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
with	O
high	O
functionality	O
and	O
good	O
usability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
is	O
feature	O
rich	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
Groovy	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Go	I-Application
,	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
everything	O
from	O
Web	O
Development	O
,	O
IOS	O
Development	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
software	I-Application
development	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Desktop	O
Development	O
to	O
Mainframe	O
Development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
supports	O
debugging	O
for	O
GNU	O
C/C	B-Language
++	I-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
WinDbg	B-Application
,	O
Groovy	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Go	I-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Android	O
JVM/NDK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
can	O
edit	O
files	O
up	O
to	O
2TB	O
,	O
limited	O
only	O
by	O
system	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
supports	O
over	O
76	O
programming	O
languages	O
and	O
file	O
types	O
,	O
including	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
Groovy	B-Application
(	O
programming	O
language	O
)	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
Go	B-Application
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
PHP	B-Application
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
Windows	B-Application
batch	O
files	O
,	O
AWK	B-Application
,	O
Makefiles	O
and	O
INI	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
are	O
only	O
supported	O
with	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Makefiles	O
and	O
INI	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
other	O
code	B-Application
editors	I-Application
,	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
additional	O
languages	O
and	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
way	O
it	O
operates	O
on	O
the	O
ones	O
listed	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
opening	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
solutions	O
and	O
Xcode	B-Operating_System
projects	O
as	O
workspaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
seven	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
32-bit	O
Linux	B-Application
SlickEdit	B-Application
binary	O
can	O
also	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
system	O
which	O
is	O
configured	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
binary	O
compatibility	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
supported	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
version	O
4.0b	O
,	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
supported	O
the	O
OS/2	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slick-C	O
is	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
of	O
the	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
editor	O
is	O
actually	O
written	O
in	O
Slick-C	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
the	O
Slick-C	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
name	O
suggests	O
,	O
the	O
language	O
resembles	O
C	B-Language
,	O
though	O
it	O
has	O
some	O
elements	O
from	O
REXX	B-Language
(	O
parse	O
,	O
substr	O
,	O
...	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
author	O
of	O
Slick-C	O
liked	O
the	O
string	O
parsing	O
features	O
of	O
REXX	B-Language
and	O
added	O
similar	O
features	O
to	O
Slick-C	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
direct	O
support	O
for	O
customers	O
,	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
also	O
hosts	O
a	O
web	O
forum	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
help	O
one	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
version	O
11	O
of	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
Tom	O
Plunket	O
reviewing	O
it	O
for	O
the	O
Game	O
Developer	O
,	O
suggested	O
that	O
it	O
suffers	O
from	O
an	O
overabundance	O
of	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Shawn	O
Powers	O
also	O
reviewed	O
the	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Journal	O
,	O
concluding	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
is	O
an	O
amazing	O
tool	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlickEdit	B-Application
Core	O
:	O
Integrates	O
the	O
SlickEdit	B-Application
editor	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
.	O
</s>
