CodeQuill is a text editor which features a Java implementation, vi keyboard personality and syntax expansion. As a Java based editor, CodeQuill offers the advantage of working on multiple platforms without requiring multiple copies. In its initial release, CodeQuill emulates the vi keyboard. Users of vi will find the CodeQuill keyboard a familiar tool. CodeQuill also offers user definable syntax expansion. This feature saves keystrokes by expanding keywords into nested constructs. CodeQuill is designed to be a direct, efficient, coding tool.

Main Features:

• vi keyboard personality.
• User definable syntax expansion.
• Definable tabs stops.
• Selectable fonts.
• End of Line space stripping.
• Tab compression/ space expansion.
• Auto-indentation.
• Regular expression command line support.
• vi buffer copy to clipboard.
• Yank to vi search buffer.
• Command line with rotating buffer.
• File recall list.
• Case independent search option.

Future development plans:

Future CodeQuill development will be driven by user demand and the functionality of the Java platform. The following list is comprised of items under first consideration for future releases.

• Syntax file assignment by file extension.
• Applet version.
• Color coded syntax.
• Print of file, page, or marked area.
• Multiple windows.
• Split screen.
• GUI search and replace window.
• Search and replace spanning multiple files or directory.
• Multiple level undo/redo.