diff --git a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
index 028de8b..58639bb 100644
--- a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ class NotebookWebApplication(web.Application):
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('notebook.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('nbconvert.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('kernelspecs.handlers'))
+        handlers.extend(load_handlers('texteditor.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.config.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.kernels.handlers'))
         handlers.extend(load_handlers('services.contents.handlers'))
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/texteditor/js/main.js b/IPython/html/static/texteditor/js/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b630eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/static/texteditor/js/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
+// Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+
+require([
+    'jquery',
+    'base/js/utils',
+    'base/js/page',
+    'codemirror/lib/codemirror',
+    'custom/custom',
+], function(
+    $, 
+    utils,
+    page,
+    CodeMirror
+    ){
+    page = new page.Page();
+
+    var base_url = utils.get_body_data('baseUrl');
+    var cm_instance = CodeMirror($('#texteditor-container')[0]);
+    
+    page.show();
+
+});
diff --git a/IPython/html/templates/texteditor.html b/IPython/html/templates/texteditor.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6112181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/templates/texteditor.html
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{% extends "page.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{page_title}}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block params %}
+
+data-base-url="{{base_url}}"
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block site %}
+
+<div id="texteditor-container"></div>
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block script %}
+
+    {{super()}}
+
+<script src="{{ static_url("texteditor/js/main.js") }}" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/IPython/html/texteditor/__init__.py b/IPython/html/texteditor/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/texteditor/__init__.py
diff --git a/IPython/html/texteditor/handlers.py b/IPython/html/texteditor/handlers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b22bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/texteditor/handlers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#encoding: utf-8
+"""Tornado handlers for the terminal emulator."""
+
+# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+
+from tornado import web
+from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler, file_path_regex
+
+class EditorHandler(IPythonHandler):
+    """Render the terminal interface."""
+    @web.authenticated
+    def get(self, path, name):
+        self.write(self.render_template('texteditor.html'))
+
+default_handlers = [
+    (r"/texteditor%s" % file_path_regex, EditorHandler),
+]
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