Professional SlickEdit
Enabling programmers to create, navigate, modify, and debug code
faster and more accurately than other Integrated Development
Environments (IDEs), SlickEdit is a multi-platform, multi-language
code editor that supports seven platforms and more than 40
languages. SlickEdit expert John Hurst believes that a powerful and
versatile programming editor is the most important tool that a
professional programmer can use, which is precisely why he has been
using SlickEdit for more than a decade. In this invaluable book, he
shares experiences, techniques, and strategies to help you get the
most from SlickEdit.
Replete with helpful examples, this hands-on guide shows you how
to maximize the many features of SlickEdit, edit and navigate large
files, and customize and extend SlickEdit to meet your
needs-regardless of the programming language you use. Ultimately,
you''ll come to discover why SlickEdit maintains an edge over other
IDEs and you''ll quickly get SlickEdit to work effectively for
you.
What you will learn from this book
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How to stay organized with workspaces and projects
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Ways to navigate code efficiently
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Various techniques for power editing text, code, and
data
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Myriad ways to take advantage of aliases and file
templates
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How to customize and extend SlickEdit with Slick-C macro
programming
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Tips for understanding Context Tagging
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Advanced topics such as Slick-C macro programming and
DIFFzilla
Bonus CD-ROM
The included CD contains source code and examples from the book as
well as trial versions of SlickEdit for the following
platforms:
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Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows
NT
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Linux kernel 2.6 and compliance with LSB 3.1 or later
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AIX 5 and later
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HP-UX 11 and later
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IRIX 6.5 and later
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Solaris SPARC 7 and later
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Solaris x86
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Mac OS X v10.4, X11 for Mac OS X
Who this book is for
This book is for experienced programmers working in one or more of
the 40 languages supported by SlickEdit. No previous experience
with SlickEdit is necessary.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and
written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of
programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and
relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face
every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert
education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do
a better job.