RText является многофункциональным, настраиваемым текстовым редактором. Некоторые его функции включают подсветку синтаксиса, редактирование нескольких документов одновременно, печать и предварительный просмотр печати, поиска / замены / поиск в файлах диалоги, отмена / повтор, а также справки.
* Drag-and-drop files from the desktop to open them
* Edit multiple documents simultaneously, using a (tabbed view or traditional MDI)
* Find/Replace, with full regular expression support
* Find in Files and Replace in Files
* External Tool Support for running things such as compilers, Ant, etc.
* Task List highlights your TODO items in source code comments
* Printing and Print Preview, for when you need a hard copy
* Auto-reload of files when they are modified outside of editor
* Customizable keyboard shortcuts makes using the editor a little more comfortable
* Completely customizable UI - change the toolbar's icon set, the application's look and feel, the colors and fonts used in the editor, what buttons are visible on the toolbar, etc.
* Comprehensive Help documentation comes with the application
* Cross-platform - runs anywhere there is a JVM
* Localized into 15 languages
Pretty-printing now works for JSON in addition to XML and HTML.
The system console plugin now auto-completes file names on pressing tab.
HTML, PHP, and JSP have new option, "Automatically add closing tags for HTML tags that require them."
The text editor now includes an option to use the system selection colors for selected text and its background.
The file chooser and File System Tree plugin now include "Paste" option to copy/paste file lists.
Added Visual Basic syntax highlighting.
Various code editor fixes and performance improvements.