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Mike Jones
A key-word highlighting text editor written in Eiffel, whose implementation is rich in Design Patterns.
There is an output window for errors, and keyword highlighting of Eiffel source code files.
The editor is easy to modify. New file types and key-words can be added with some simple code changes. Syntax checking can be integrated by using the existing output window and adding a few menu items. It would not be hard to build a language tool into the editor, for example, an Eiffel compiler and debugger.
E-Edit has only been compiled with Visual Eiffel. The GUI uses the GRAPE library.
The design of editor is a modified Model-View-Controller. A pattern approach was taken, so the design is interesting for those who are interested in the practical application of patterns. For example the following patterns can be found in the design: