Project home is http://ferry.sf.net.
So far it is available for MS Windows only.
Ferry is written in modern C++ with limited use of STL. The Windows port uses WinAPI as well.
Ferry provides full Unicode support:
Ferry supports syntax highlighting. Ferry relies on use of external libraries for this. So far Ferry can use Scintilla lexers or Colorer for syntax highlighting:
Proper Unicode support combined with the use of widely adopted syntax highlighting engines is the quick answer for the skeptic "Why another text editing component?" question. See Features and Implementation Details pages to get more reasoning why use Ferry.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferry - Unicode text editing component Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Alexey Semenyuk. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Exemption to the GNU GPL *** Linking Ferry statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on Ferry. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holder of Ferry gives you permission to dynamically link Ferry library with programs or libraries released under any license terms, even that incompatible with the terms of the GNU GPL, provided that such libraries or programs don't call Fe_CreateEditor() function exported from Ferry library. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** NOTE *** If you find inappropriate to use Ferry under the GNU GPL in your programs because you are unable to provide them in open source code form, please, contact the copyright holder of Ferry, to find another license terms for Ferry to use with your programs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ferry text editing component extensions (FE_EXT) license -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FE_EXT is licensed under the terms of the MIT license reproduced below. This means that FE_EXT is free software and can be used for both academic and commercial purposes at absolutely no cost. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Alexey Semenyuk. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ferry Extensions library - optional module with extensions to customize Ferry text editing components, is licensed under the MIT License. If you want to contribute to Ferry Extensions library or implement your own proprietary extensions library to use with Ferry Core library, you are not restricted with the GNU GPL terms covering Ferry Core library usage, provided that your extension doesn't call Fe_CreateEditor() function exported from Ferry Core library and that your extension is compiled in a binary that links Ferry Core library dynamically only.
Please, consider http://groups.google.com/group/ferry-discuss mailing list to ask general questions about Ferry licensing.
These libraries are freely available and distributed in source code form at: