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.[4]
| Developer(s) | Ajax.org |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 25, 2010[1] |
| Stable release | 1.22.0
/ May 22, 2023[2] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | JavaScript |
| Platform | Web |
| Type | Source code editor |
| License | Since 1.0.0: BSD-3-Clause[3] Until 0.2.0: Tri-license[a] |
| Website | ace |
History
editKnown as Ace (Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor), it was previously known as Bespin then later Skywriter. 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> html 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 were merged back to Ace, which supersedes Skywriter. Both Ajax.org and Mozilla are actively developing and maintaining Ace.
Features
edit- 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
Notable projects using Ace
editThis section needs additional citations for verification. (January 2023) |
- Caret
- Cloud9 IDE
- CMS Made Simple
- Code Pad IDE
- GitHub[5][6]
- Joplin
- Jekyll Admin
- KiwiIRC
- LaTeX Base
- Leanote[7]
- MediaWiki[8]
- OwnCloud
- PythonAnywhere
- RStudio
- Tumblr (theme editor)
- WaveMaker
- Wikia (CSS editor)
- Lines IDE
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Jakobs, Fabian. "Kick ass code editing and end to end JavaScript debugging". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ "Release v1.22.0 · ajaxorg/ace". GitHub.
- ^ "Change LICENSE to BSD". GitHub. 2012-09-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ace in GitHub". cloud9ide.posterous.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "Edit like an Ace". github.com. 2011.
- ^ leanote. "Leanote集成Ace代码编辑器, 我们的最爱". leanote.leanote.com. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ mw:Extension:CodeEditor