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You can use any text editor for creating a source file for ConTeXt. A lot of editors provide generic TeX syntax highlighting (not based on a word list). But some have a bit more support for ConTeXt:

Editor	features	Linux	Windows	MacOS X	Remarks
Emacs with AUCTeX	SU+?	y	y	y	The official AUCTeX distribution beginning with 11.50 has ConTeXt support. Berend de Boers ConTeXt mode for Emacs has been merged with the former ConTeXt support in AUCTeX by Patrick Gundlach.
Vim	SU2+?	y	y	y	No special support for context. Has syntax highlighting support for tex, but no specific syntax highlighting or indent support for context is available. The is no support for compiling withing vim, latex-suite currently does not support context :(
SciTE	CSU	y	y	y (X11)	ConTeXt support not before v1.6.x. ConTeXt support files come with the ConTeXt distribution in directory context/data/context.properties. See also the manual mcite.pdf SciTE on MacOSX 10.3 is Adam's quick-and-dirty port of SciTE to Panther/X11.
TeXshop	C?PSTU?	n	n	y (native)	Simple Cocoa IDE
gedit	SU2?	y	n	y (X11)	GNOME editor
klat	STU2?	y	n	y (X11)	KDE editor, based on kate
iTeXMac	C?SPTU+	n	n	y (native)	Complex Cocoa IDE; doesn't like tabulated source!

features:

• C = TeX/ConTeXt command completion
• P = PDF preview
• S = TeX/ConTeXt syntax highlighting
• T = ConTeXt typesetting
• U = Unicode (UTF-8) handling
• 2 = bidirectional edit (right-to-left)
• + = more…
•  ? = previous feature probable but unsure