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Pulsar Editor vs the xonsh shell

A side-by-side look at Pulsar Editor and the xonsh shell. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Pulsar Editor

Pulsar Editor

Development

Pulsar Editor is a lightweight, cross-platform text editor with a minimal interface. It has syntax highlighting support for many programming languages and includes standard text editing features like find/replace, line numbers, etc. Pulsar is free, open source software.

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the xonsh shell

the xonsh shell

Development

The xonsh shell is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt. Xonsh has rich syntax highlighting, autocomplete, and macros that speed up your workflow.

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