You can run Shell commands into a window. The output displays at the cursor position. It's quite easy to create macros in an interactive mode. In fact, NEdit has its own macro language. This provides the possibility to create a private set of tools to improve efficiency.
Programmers can check matching parentheses or brackets simply by selecting a menu item.
As we have seen it before, NEdit configuration is done from the Preferences menu. Most of the options can be selected from this menu. Default settings have a main menu and a submenu. The main menu applies to the current window while the submenu concerns NEdit in general. From the submenu you get more options such as customization for some menu items.