Code-3 Programmer's Editor

Code-3 is a code-oriented text editor with pretty good C++ support.

Features:

• Lightweight: on a reasonable development workstation starts in less than a second
• Syntax highlighting
• Smart code completion and suggestions
• Strong C++ support
• Powerful find and replace
• Lightweight workspace model
• Execution of custom external commands via shortcuts
• Useful macros for codes like JSON formatting, Base64 encoding/decoding etc.
• Cross platform (currently tested on linux only)

Building

Dependancies:

• Qt >= 5.0
• CMake

To build it on linux open a shell in the source root and type:

mkdir build
cd build
ccmake ..

Hit c a few times and if cmake doesn't complain hit g to generate the build scripts. Then:

make
make install

Start with

code3

On Mac OS X the build steps are quite similar.

TODO: windows build instructions

Author

Szymon Tomasz Stefanek. Write to <sts at pragmaware dot net>.

License

GPLv3. See LICENSE.

History

I've been writing and using my own text editor for quite a while now. The first attempts can be traced back to 1998. In 2002 there was a reasonably working version and it was named SSEX: Szymon Stefanek's Editor for X. In 2008 the project was ported to Qt 3 and in the meantime substantially redesigned. In 2015 the unavoidable port to Qt 5 triggered another major redesign.

Now, in 2019 the project is being made public as Code 3, which is a better sounding and less controversial name. "Code 3" reflects the fact that it's the third design iteration and sounds a bit like "Code Free" (as in "Free Speech" not "Free Beer"). You may also find the name spelled as Code-3, Cod3, Code^3 or Code³. I claim all these names :)