Introduction

Cyno's Editor is an universal text editor written for the Java Platform. It is similar to OS/2's System Editor, Windows' Notepad, and X Window's Text Editor, and more! Now you can work on different systems, but use the same text editor, the same user-interface, and all of the features combined. In addition, Cyno's Editor uses native text edit controls, so it works just like your other applications.

Unlike other toy-applets, Cyno's Editor is a text editor application with all the features you'd expect; open and save; copy, cut and paste; find and replace; upper or lowercase; etc. The text editors bundled with each operating system (OS) have neither a universal user-interface nor the same functionality. Users who constantly switch between OS or text editors will greatly benefit from the universal interface and functionality that Cyno's Editor provides.

Tired of Notepad's deficiency at reading UNIX generated text files? Cyno's Editor can read them without a hitch. It can even write text file with various different end-of-line (EOL) characters.

Now, with the programmable plug-in interface, the functionality of the editor is virtually endless!

New Features

Cut/copy/paste/delete accessible via the pull-down menu and the button bar.
Print and print content fully implemented. Font selectable though the print setup dialog.
Multiple windows support. A clone feature allows you to make an exact copy of your work without leaving the editor.
Uses Java 1.1 lightweight component for less resource and faster execution.
A better exception handler to automate error correction.

Features

Fully functional: open/save, copy/cut/paste, find/replace, upper/lowercase, goto.
Word-wrap!
Customizable: include full set of font, style, size, and color via the font selection dialog.
Status bar display current path and file location, line number, and column.
Remembers the last four loaded files. File names are updated and displayed in the File Menu.
Support icon tool bar and floating icon tool bar. Both may be used at the same time.
Internet-enabled. Sending text through e-mail. This feature combined with the Open-URL, and a mail filter on a remote system, allows the retrieval and storage of remote documents.
Multi-threaded for efficient performance;
Plug-in interface! This capability supports a Java programmable interface, which allow you to implement or add virtually any feature to the editor.
Support the UTF-8 encode file format. Support the Unicode file format (automatic in Java 1.1).
Based on Java 1.1 event model for faster and cleaner code execution.
Written in 100% pure Java for cross-platform portability.

System Requirements

Cyno's Editor requires a computer capable of running a Java platform 1.1 or higher. The Java Runtime Environment or Java Development Kit must be installed. Various free Java virtual machines are available on the Internet.

Cyno's Editor also requires the CI Class Package 3.1 or higher. The archive EditorPak.zip includes the class package. If you downloaded Editor.zip, you can download and install the class package directly from our web-site.

We have tested Cyno's Editor with the following Systems:

Windows NT/95

Sun Java Development Kit 1.1.5