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SciTE v5.5.8

A SCIntilla-based text/code editor for Windows and Linux.

SciTE was originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration programs as well as SciTE and Scintilla, themselves.



Development of Scintilla started as an effort to improve the text editor in PythonWin. After being frustrated by problems in the Richedit control used by PythonWin, it looked like the best way forward was to write a new edit control. The biggest problem with Richedit and other similar controls is that they treat styling changes as important persistent changes to the document so they are saved into the undo stack and set the document's dirty flag. For source code, styling should not be persisted as it can be mechanically recreated.

Scintilla is a free source code editing component. It comes with complete source code and a license that permits use in any free project or commercial product.

As well as features found in standard text editing components, Scintilla includes features especially useful when editing and debugging source code. These include support for syntax styling, error indicators, code completion and call tips. The selection margin can contain markers like those used in debuggers to indicate breakpoints and the current line. Styling choices are more open than with many editors, allowing the use of proportional fonts, bold and italics, multiple foreground and background colors and multiple fonts.

Supported operating systems:
Windows 7/8/10/11 and Linux

Changes:
v5.5.8 11-10-25
Lexilla 5.4.6
Lexer added for SINEX "sinex". Pull request #329.
Update character categories to Unicode 16. Feature #1569.
Errorlist: Allow "bright" ANSI sequences (ESC[90m - ESC[97m). Pull request #332.
Progress: Treat '.' as part of compound identifiers instead of as an operator between identifiers. Pull request #316.
Python: Support t-strings t\"var={var}\" added by Python 3.14. Pull request #328.
Scintilla 5.5.8
Change format for SCI_GETSELECTIONSERIALIZED. Feature #1563.
Ensure selection drawn correctly when selection restored by undo. Bug #2487.
Update to Unicode 16. Feature #1569.
Fix bug when indenting rectangular selection. Feature #1567.
Add PTRDIFF_DOESNT_ALIAS_INT preprocessor choice.
On Win32, force autocompletion list colours to be opaque. Enlarge bitmap to avoid visible blank background between items. Bug #2482.
On Cocoa, fix crash with bidirectional mode when scrolled before start of document.
On Cocoa, use same default calltip colours as other platforms for consistency. Bug #2486.













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Downloads Views Developer Last Update Version Size Type Rank
8,898 18,721 Neil Hodgson Nov 10, 2025 - 15:24 5.5.8 2.9MB ZIP 5/5, out of 94 Votes.
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