▁by ▁Neil ▁H od g son ▁using ▁the ▁Sc int illa ▁editing ▁component . ▁It ▁is ▁lic ensed ▁under ▁a ▁minimal ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Historical ▁Perm ission ▁Notice ▁and ▁Disc la imer . ▁ ▁Light weight ▁and ▁built ▁for ▁speed , ▁it ▁is ▁designed ▁mainly ▁for ▁source ▁editing , ▁and ▁performs ▁syntax ▁highlight ing ▁and ▁inline ▁function ▁reference ▁for ▁many ▁different ▁languages . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁stand alone ▁. exe ▁available ▁for ▁Microsoft ▁Windows , ▁intended ▁for ▁USB ▁flash ▁drives . ▁Sci TE ▁shares ▁some ▁features ▁with ▁other ▁edit ors ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Sc int illa ▁editing ▁component ▁such ▁as ▁Ge any ▁and ▁Note pad ++ . ▁ ▁History ▁Sci TE ▁was ▁first ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁Custom ization ▁Sci TE ▁is ▁highly ▁configur able . ▁Although ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁graph ical ▁prefer ences ▁window , ▁settings ▁can ▁be ▁alter ed ▁by ▁editing ▁plain ▁text ▁configuration ▁files . ▁It ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁have ▁different ▁settings ▁for ▁each ▁language ▁and ▁project , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁global ▁or ▁per ▁user ▁options . ▁There ▁are ▁menu ▁options ▁in ▁the ▁standard ▁install ▁to ▁open ▁these ▁files ▁in ▁the ▁editor . ▁These ▁allow ▁a ▁high ▁level ▁of ▁custom ization ▁over ▁things ▁like ▁shortcut ▁keys , ▁tab bing , ▁code ▁fol ding , ▁fonts , ▁and ▁syntax ▁highlight ing . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁Lu a ▁programming ▁language ▁is ▁embedded ▁in ▁Sci TE , ▁allowing ▁the ▁user ▁further ▁custom ization . ▁One ▁can ▁write ▁Lu a ▁scripts ▁that ▁have ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁contents