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 # Aide
 
+Aide is a proof-of-concept multi-tabbed Windows editor with syntax highlighting, code-folding, etc.
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+It uses the [64-bit C port of RaEdit](https://github.com/m417z/RAEditC), and is coded using the [BCX programming language](https://bcxbasiccoders.com/smf/index.php?board=4.0).
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+It requires [PellesC](http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/) as the backend C compiler.
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+To build, open the `_build.cmd` file and modify the two variables with the path to the PellesC folder and the folder containing the `bc.exe` file.
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