MED's functionality is designed to be suitable for any text editing job. In addition, MED provides many features that support writing and compiling source code (C/C++, PHP, HTML, Java, VRML, REXX, Ada, Modula2, Pascal, Fortran, X86/MC68k Assembler, Perl, Clipper, TeX, Tcl/Tk, Matlab, etc.).

But MED is much more than a text editor: The powerful project management, flexible integration of external programs, the easy configurable syntax highlighting and a Plugin interface make MED a versatile development environment for any programming language.