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+xed (small and lightweight text editor)
+
+xed is a small and lightweight text editor.
+
+xed supports most standard editing features, plus several not found
+in your average text editor (plugins being the most notable of these).
+
+Although new features are always under development, currently xed has:
+
+ * Complete support for UTF-8 text
+ * Syntax highlighting
+ * Support for editing remote files
+ * Search and Replace
+ * Printing and Print Previewing Support
+ * File Revert
+ * A complete preferences interface
+ * Configurable Plugin system, with optional python support
+
+Some of the plugins, packaged and installed with xed include, among others:
+
+ * Word count
+ * Spell checker
+ * Change case of selected text
+ * File Browser
+ * Sort
+ * Insert Date/Time
+ * Tag list
+
+xed is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, see
+the file 'COPYING' for more information.