Released on: March 7, 2008, 3:54 pm

Press Release Author: ActiveState Software Inc.

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: ActiveState\'s popular and free multi-language editor is open
sourced

Press Release Body: Komodo Edit Now Open Source
ActiveState\'s popular and free multi-language editor is open sourced

March 6, 2008, Vancouver, BC - ActiveState today announced an updated, open-sourced
release of Komodo Edit, the popular and free editor for dynamic languages including
Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl, plus support for browser-side code including
JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and XML.

Komodo Edit, based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, offers sophisticated support for
all major scripting languages, including in-depth autocomplete and calltips,
multi-language file support, syntax coloring and syntax checking, Vi emulation, and
Emacs key bindings. Komodo Edit is built on the Mozilla code base, and is now
licensed under the same terms as Firefox: Mozilla Public License (MPL), GNU General
Public License (GPL), and GNU Lesser Public License (LGPL).

\"ActiveState was built on open source, and we\'re excited to be giving back by adding
Komodo Edit to the open source software community,\" said Komodo Product Manager
Shane Caraveo. \"Komodo Edit users can now benefit from all the features that open
source implies-usage flexibility, community development, and increased innovation-as
well as the support of ActiveState. Plus, Komodo Edit enters the open source arena
fully tested and with complete documentation. The few things that we were not able
to open-source in Komodo Edit will be made available as free (as in beer)
extensions. \"

In addition to open-sourcing Komodo Edit, the latest release includes a completely
redesigned Find and Replace functionality with new features, including Find in
Project, Replace in Files, multi-line Find and Replace, fixes for regular expression
searches, and a new Find sub-system that properly handles Unicode-encoded files and
skipping binary files.

Komodo Edit 4.3 also includes a new Abbreviations feature that inserts snippets from
the Toolbox at the touch of a key; several useful default snippets are included, and
additional snippets can be added easily.

Komodo Edit can be downloaded from www.activestate.com/komodo_edit.

About Komodo Edit
Based on the award-winning Komodo IDE, Komodo Edit is a free, open source,
feature-rich editor for the full range of Komodo-supported dynamic languages (Perl,
PHP, Python, Ruby, and Tcl) and platforms (Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows). Like
Komodo IDE, Komodo Edit also supports client-side Ajax technologies, including
JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and XML. For more information or to download, go to
www.activestate.com/komodo_edit.

About ActiveState
ActiveState creates professional software development tools, programming language
distributions, and business solutions for dynamic languages, and practical tools and
applications for social networking platforms. ActiveState solves complex problems
and produces cool and useful applications that help people live more productive and
enjoyable lives. ActiveState technology \"just works.\" ActiveState is owned by its
employees and Pender Financial Group, a publicly traded investment company focused
on technology in British Columbia. For more information, visit www.activestate.com.



© 2008 ActiveState Software Inc.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.


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Contact Details: Contact Information
For media inquiries or access to the ActiveState Media Center, contact:
Cindy Wu
Marketing & Events Coordinator, ActiveState
1.778.786.1128
cindyw@activestate.com