Cross platform, multi-syntax highlighting editor

Question

Is there an editor that is:

1. Available for at least windows and linux
2. Highlights multiple syntaxes in the same document. (Ala Dreamweaver)
3. Tabbed interface

All the editors I tried highlighted by file extension only which isn't fine grained enough. At the very least it needs to distinguish scripting from html, css and javascript in the same document.

Answer 1

• Eclipse (very good, but heavy)
• vim (doesnt have tabs, but aprt from that very lightweight and very good)
• emacs (only heard about it that is is very good, but it has a steap learning curve)

hop it helps

Answer 2

Netbeans.

I've only tried it with HTML av Javascript for two languages in the same file though.

Answer 3

Scite!

Answer 4

I have used jedit. Just need a java runtime.

Answer 5

The answer is emacs. You can do pretty much anything you want with that editor. There is a 'nxhtml-mode' which you can use to edit javascript, php, html,ruby, jsp,css, whatever on the same file. If you're still at university, the best advice I can give you is to start learning how to use emacs. It will change your life, really.

Answer 6

Handling syntax highliting and completion for multi-language files is something the NetBeans people have been working on and has been available for javascript since 6.1. I got the impression from JavaPosse#214 that this has seen further work in 6.5.

I don't Netbeans myself (my primary tools are Emacs and Eclipse), but It might be worth a look for you.

Answer 7

SciTE FTW!!! Doesn't even need an installation! A portable single exe.