Ace (editor)

Ace (from Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor) is a standalone code editor written in JavaScript. The goal is to create a web-based code editor that matches and extends the features, usability, and performance of existing native editors such as TextMate, Vim, or Eclipse. It can be easily embedded in any web page and JavaScript application. Ace is developed as the primary editor for Cloud9 IDE and as the successor of the Mozilla Skywriter project.[3]

This article is about the web-based code editor. For the desktop-based collaborative editor, see ACE (editor).
Not to be confused with American Cinema Editors.
Ace
Developer(s)Ajax.org
Initial releaseSeptember 25, 2010 (2010-09-25)[1]
Stable release
1.2.6 / December 3, 2016 (2016-12-03)[2]
Preview release
Git
Repository
Written inJavaScript
PlatformWeb
TypeSource code editor
LicenseNew BSD License
Websiteace.c9.io 

MediaWiki also uses Ace[4]

History

Previously known as Bespin or lately Skywriter, it is now known as Ace (Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor). Bespin and Ace started as two independent projects both aiming to build a no-compromise code editor component for the web. Bespin started as part of Mozilla Labs and was based on the <canvas> tag, while Ace is the Editor component of the Cloud9 IDE and is using the DOM for rendering. After the release of Ace at JSConf.eu 2010, in Berlin, the Skywriter team decided to merge Ace with a simplified version of Skywriter's plugin system and some of Skywriter's extensibility points. All these changes have been merged back to Ace now, which supersedes Skywriter. Both Ajax.org and Mozilla are actively developing and maintaining Ace.

Features
  • Syntax highlighting.
  • Auto indentation and outdent.
  • An optional command line.
  • Work with large documents (handles hundreds of thousands of lines without issue).
  • Fully customizable key bindings including vi and Emacs modes.
  • Themes (TextMate themes can be imported).
  • Search and replace with regular expressions.
  • Highlight matching parentheses.
  • Toggle between soft tabs and real tabs.
  • Displays hidden characters.
  • Highlight selected word.
  • Multiple cursor selection.
  • Column select and edit mode.

Projects using Ace

Supported Projects using Ace Editor (Still being updated)
  • Caret
  • Cloud 9 IDE
  • Github
  • Joplin
  • Koding
  • Leanote
  • owncloud
  • Play My Code
  • PythonAnywhere
  • RubyMonk
  • shiftedit
  • sky-edit
  • tmpltr
  • Tumblr (Theme Editor)
  • WaveMaker
  • Zed Editor

See also

References
  1. Jakobs, Fabian. "Kick ass code editing and end to end JavaScript debugging". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  2. https://github.com/ajaxorg/ace-builds/blob/master/ChangeLog.txt
  3. Dangoor, Kevin (2011-01-18). "Mozilla Skywriter has been merged into Ace". Mozilla Labs. Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  4. mw:Extension:CodeEditor
  5. "Ace in GitHub". cloud9ide.posterous.com. 2011.
  6. "Edit like an Ace". github.com. 2011.
  7. "What's new in Halon 3.5". Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  8. leanote. "Leanote集成Ace代码编辑器, 我们的最爱". leanote.leanote.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
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