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Crimson Editor

A free source-code editor for Windows.

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Crimson Editor is a professional source-code editor for Windows. It loads fast and stays small — quick to launch and light on resources — yet offers the powerful features real programming work needs for HTML, C/C++, Perl, Java, and many more.

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