diff --git a/src/main/java/fabulator/ui/view/HdlView.java b/src/main/java/fabulator/ui/view/HdlView.java
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-package fabulator.ui.view;
-
-import javafx.scene.layout.Background;
-import javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundFill;
-import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
-import org.fxmisc.richtext.CodeArea;
-import org.fxmisc.richtext.LineNumberFactory;
-import org.fxmisc.richtext.model.StyleSpans;
-import org.fxmisc.richtext.model.StyleSpansBuilder;
-
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-/**
- * Shows HDL code.
- *
- * @deprecated will be replaced by {@link CodeView} soon
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class HdlView extends CodeArea {
-
-    //TODO: put into external file
-    private static final String[] KEYWORDS = new String[]{
-            "always",
-            "end",
-            "ifnone",
-            "or",
-            "rpmos",
-            "tranif1",
-            "and",
-            "endcase",
-            "initial",
-            "output",
-            "rtran",
-            "tri",
-            "assign",
-            "endmodule",
-            "inout",
-            "parameter",
-            "rtranif0",
-            "tri0",
-            "begin",
-            "endfunction",
-            "input",
-            "pmos",
-            "rtranif1",
-            "tri1",
-            "buf",
-            "endprimitive",
-            "integer",
-            "posedge",
-            "scalared",
-            "triand",
-            "bufif0",
-            "endspecify",
-            "join",
-            "primitive",
-            "small",
-            "trior",
-            "bufif1",
-            "endtable",
-            "large",
-            "pull0",
-            "specify",
-            "trireg",
-            "case",
-            "endtask",
-            "macromodule",
-            "pull1",
-            "specparam",
-            "vectored",
-            "casex",
-            "event",
-            "medium",
-            "pullup",
-            "strong0",
-            "wait",
-            "casez",
-            "for",
-            "module",
-            "pulldown",
-            "strong1",
-            "wand",
-            "cmos",
-            "force",
-            "nand",
-            "rcmos",
-            "supply0",
-            "weak0",
-            "deassign",
-            "forever",
-            "negedge",
-            "real",
-            "supply1",
-            "weak1",
-            "default",
-            "for",
-            "nmos",
-            "realtime",
-            "table",
-            "while",
-            "defparam",
-            "function",
-            "nor",
-            "reg",
-            "task",
-            "wire",
-            "disable",
-            "highz0",
-            "not",
-            "release",
-            "time",
-            "wor",
-            "edge",
-            "highz1",
-            "notif0",
-            "repeat",
-            "tran",
-            "xnor",
-            "else",
-            "if",
-            "notif1",
-            "rnmos",
-            "tranif0",
-            "xor"
-    };
-
-    private static final String KEYWORD_PATTERN = "\\b(" + String.join("|", KEYWORDS) + ")\\b";
-    private static final String PAREN_PATTERN = "\\(|\\)";
-    private static final String BRACE_PATTERN = "\\{|\\}";
-    private static final String BRACKET_PATTERN = "\\[|\\]";
-    private static final String SEMICOLON_PATTERN = "\\;";
-    private static final String STRING_PATTERN = "\"([^\"\\\\]|\\\\.)*\"";
-    private static final String COMMENT_PATTERN = "//[^\n]*" + "|" + "/\\*(.|\\R)*?\\*/"
-            + "|" + "/\\*[^\\v]*" + "|" + "^\\h*\\*([^\\v]*|/)";
-
-    private static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern.compile(
-            "(?<KEYWORD>" + KEYWORD_PATTERN + ")"
-                    + "|(?<PAREN>" + PAREN_PATTERN + ")"
-                    + "|(?<BRACE>" + BRACE_PATTERN + ")"
-                    + "|(?<BRACKET>" + BRACKET_PATTERN + ")"
-                    + "|(?<SEMICOLON>" + SEMICOLON_PATTERN + ")"
-                    + "|(?<STRING>" + STRING_PATTERN + ")"
-                    + "|(?<COMMENT>" + COMMENT_PATTERN + ")"
-    );
-
-    public HdlView() {
-        URL url = getClass().getResource("/style/style-text-editor.css");
-        assert url != null;
-        String styleSheet = url.toExternalForm();
-        this.getStylesheets().add(styleSheet);
-
-        this.setEditable(false);
-        this.setBackground(new Background(
-                new BackgroundFill(Color.BLACK, null, null)
-        ));
-        this.setParagraphGraphicFactory(LineNumberFactory.get(this));
-    }
-
-    public void openHdl(List<String> hdl) {
-        String hdlString = String.join("\n ", hdl);
-
-        this.clear();
-        this.appendText(" ");
-        this.appendText(hdlString);
-        this.setStyleSpans(0, computeHighlighting(this.getText()));
-    }
-
-    private StyleSpans<Collection<String>> computeHighlighting(String text) {
-        Matcher matcher = PATTERN.matcher(text);
-        int lastKwEnd = 0;
-        StyleSpansBuilder<Collection<String>> spansBuilder = new StyleSpansBuilder<>();
-
-        while (matcher.find()) {
-            String styleClass =
-                    matcher.group("KEYWORD") != null ? "keyword" :
-                            matcher.group("PAREN") != null ? "paren" :
-                                    matcher.group("BRACE") != null ? "brace" :
-                                            matcher.group("BRACKET") != null ? "bracket" :
-                                                    matcher.group("SEMICOLON") != null ? "semicolon" :
-                                                            matcher.group("STRING") != null ? "string" :
-                                                                    matcher.group("COMMENT") != null ? "comment" :
-                                                                            null;
-            assert styleClass != null;
-            spansBuilder.add(Collections.singleton("code"), matcher.start() - lastKwEnd);
-            spansBuilder.add(Collections.singleton(styleClass), matcher.end() - matcher.start());
-            lastKwEnd = matcher.end();
-        }
-        spansBuilder.add(Collections.singleton("code"), text.length() - lastKwEnd);
-        return spansBuilder.create();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/style/style-text-editor.css b/src/main/resources/style/style-text-editor.css
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-.keyword {
-    -fx-fill: orange;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-.semicolon {
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-.paren {
-    -fx-fill: #3344CC;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-.bracket {
-    -fx-fill: darkgreen;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-.brace {
-    -fx-fill: teal;
-    -fx-font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-.string {
-    -fx-fill: blue;
-}
-
-.comment {
-	-fx-fill: cadetblue;
-}
-
-.code {
-	-fx-fill: white;
-}
-.code:selected {
-	-fx-fill: white;
-}
-.code:highlighted {
-	-fx-fill: white;
-}
-
-.paragraph-box:has-caret {
-    -fx-background-color: #f2f9fc;
-}
-
-.styled-text-area .selection {
-    -fx-fill: #182288;
-}
-
-.paragraph-box:has-caret {
-    -fx-background-color: #091133;
-}
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