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A Text Editor With Java Systax

The document presents a text editor developed with Java Swing, highlighting its features such as rich text formatting, syntax highlighting, and file operations. It emphasizes the use of modular design for maintainability and responsiveness through threading. Future improvements are suggested, including enhanced error handling and user-defined syntax highlighting.

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A Text Editor With Java Systax

The document presents a text editor developed with Java Swing, highlighting its features such as rich text formatting, syntax highlighting, and file operations. It emphasizes the use of modular design for maintainability and responsiveness through threading. Future improvements are suggested, including enhanced error handling and user-defined syntax highlighting.

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A Text Editor with Java

Systax
This presentation showcases a text editor built with Swing,
emphasizing its key features, implementation details, and future
potential. It's a demonstration of how Swing can be used to build
functional and sophisticated applications.
Features Overview
Text Editing Font Management

Uses JTextPane for rich text formatting, and syntax Dynamically change font family and size using
highlighting for code constructs, string literals, and JComboBox and JSpinner. Color customization is
comments. available through JColorChooser.
File Operations
Open File Save File Threading
Supports reading and displaying Allows users to save their work File handling is executed on a
various file to a specified location. separate thread for UI
types: .txt, .java, .py, .html. responsiveness.
Syntax Highlighting
1 Regular Expressions 2 Dynamic Update
Keywords, string literals, Highlighting is triggered
and comments are dynamically on text
highlighted using regular changes using
expressions. DocumentListener.
Implementation Details

TextEditor Class SyntaxHighlighter Class


Constructs the GUI and manages user interactions. Applies syntax highlighting using regular expressions.
Design Highlights
Event Handling Modularization

Event-driven programming is used for button clicks, Syntax highlighting and file operations are separated
menu selections, and document updates. into dedicated classes, improving code maintainability.
Strengths
Responsiveness Flexibility
File operations are Supports multiple file
executed on separate types and allows
threads, ensuring smooth customization of font and
UI performance. color settings.
Conclusion
This program showcases a functional text editor using Swing and its advanced features. Future enhancements
include more robust error handling, user-defined syntax highlighting, and improved GUI design. This project is a
commendable foundation for building more sophisticated IDE-like tools.

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