Announce: Pallavi 0.5 Text Editor

[buchuki at gmail.com]

Hey all,

I've just released version 0.5 of a text editor I've been quietly
developing off and on for two years: Pallavi 0.5. It utilizes Python
(of course) and the wxPython toolkit. This text editor differs from
most in that it is designed from the ground up to be as customizable
as possible. It has a very small core with a growing selection of
plugins that allow it to resemble anything from a simple notepad to a
complex IDE, depending on your needs. The idea is that you should only
have to load exactly those features you want (contrary to most
"everything and the kitchen sink" bloated IDEs) without having to give
up those features you really use (as occurs with most "simple" text
editors).

Pallavi is configured and extended in Python. Not LISP. Not vimrc
format. Not Beanshell. Not XML.

My long-term vision is to see a community of developers grow around
Pallavi contributing new plugins that extend or adapt it in different
ways, working together with other plugins to allow an endless variety
of editors to be created. Indeed, much of my inspiration comes from
JEdit, although I am aiming for a much smaller, simpler core, and a
better programming language.

Current Status: Pallavi currently has most of the features common to
simple editors. I use it for all my daily editing (6-8 hours of
coding) and it works very well for me under Linux. I have tested it
under Windows, but not in an extensive usage environment. I feel this
editor fills a niche in the text editing community.

Pallavi is released under the MIT license. For more information and
download links, visit http://pallavi.sourceforge.net

Comments and criticisms can be addressed to me directly
(buchuki at gmail.com) or to the pallavi-users mailing list.

I hope you enjoy it,
Dusty Phillips
Developer, Pallavi