# jed
> User-friendly text editor with drop-down menu facility

## Summary
Text editor with intuitive drop-down menus and S-Lang scripting

## Capabilities
- Edit text with an intuitive menu-driven interface
- Provide syntax highlighting for many languages
- Emulate Emacs, WordStar, and other editor keybindings

## When to Use
- You want a terminal text editor with menus for discoverability
- You prefer a more GUI-like terminal editor experience

## Related Tools
- [nano](/tools/nano) (complementary)
- [joe](/tools/joe) (complementary)
- [vim](/tools/vim) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/jed
