A GTK based light but strong editor for Software developers. It supports syntax highlighting and understands C, C++, C#, CSS, Perl, Python, Pascal, Java, JavaScript, VB, VBScript, Ada, Assembler (NASM, MASM), Matlab, Metapost, MMIXAL, HTML, XML, Fortarn, LISP, Delphi, Ruby, Verilog, Tcl/TK etc ...etc.......... Language settings are determined from the file extension but this can be changed by selecting another language from the Language menu. scite can compile the source file. Serious reading of the documentation of scite is a must to exploit it.

beaver

A light weight editor based on GTK+. beaver supports HTML, C, PHP, Perl, JavaScript and Bash. beaver supports tons of languages through config file ''wordfile.txt''. beaver is light but full of features. So You have to read its howto/documentation to configure it according to your needs.