Programming Plug-Ins

Cyno's Editor, with the introduction of version 2.0, supports programmable plug-ins. The plug-ins interface allows any user to extend the functionality of Cyno's Editor using the popular Java language and its API. Users need only a fundamental understanding of Java and its development kit.

Since both Cyno's Editor and the plug-ins are written in Java, they are cross-platform portable. It is also possible to write plug-ins for a particular system with native methods.

Implementation

All Cyno's Editor plug-ins must be located in the 'plug_ins' directory under Cyno's Editor directory. No plug-ins are included with Cyno's Editor. However, a number of plug-ins have became available on our web-site. Source codes for those plug-ins are also available for you to download and examine.