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» Review IDM UltraEdit v12.10 

(October 2006)

Ultra Edit

UltraEdit the #1 selling, most powerful, value priced text editor available! The ideal text, HEX, HTML, PHP, Java, Perl, Javascript, and programmer's editor! Free trial period... Industry award winner... Over one million users licensed worldwide.

UltraEdit Key Features :

Code Folding
Supports 64-bit file handling (standard) on all 32-bit Windows platforms

UNICODE support

Disk based text editing - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
100,000 word spell checker, with foreign languages support (American English, British English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)

Syntax highlighting - configurable, pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl, with special options for FORTRAN and LaTex. Multiple wordfiles available for download

FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only) Includes support for SFTP (SSH2).

Project/Workspace support
Configurable keyboard mapping (32-Bit only)
Column/block mode editing

Hexadecimal Editor - allows editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view
Named Templates

HTML Toolbar preconfigured for popular functions
Integration with UltraSentry to securely delete UltraEdit temporary files
Multi-byte Support with Integrated IME Support

Programmer's Features

Code Folding

Fold any Function or Structure (C/C++)
Collapse All and Expand All
Support for ignore strings and comment strings

Syntax highlighting (user configurable):
Pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl
Special options for FORTRAN and LaTex
Support for up to 20 languages
Multiple wordfiles available for download
Support for ASP
Allows different background colors
Support to highlight words beginning with a specified sub-string
Support for syntax highlighting based on file name
Color sections may be named
Font styles available

Ctags support*:

Project specific Ctag file with option to create automatically when opened
Configurable parameters and tag file for use outside of projects
Find Symbol command will locate symbol in ctag file of selected item or item under cursor and position it in appropriate file
*Requires the use of third part CTag EXE for tag file generation (links provided)

Artistic style formatter
Number convertor (selected number to binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal)
Auto-Correction of Keywords
Character Properties POP-UP Dialog to show:

Value of character in Decimal/HEX and Display

Offset of character from start of file in Decimal/HEX
Duplicate Line
New Line/Insert Line
Auto-Completion:
When invoked all the keywords from the Syntax Highlighting will be available in the list (if the file uses Syntax Highlighting)
A user specified file may be used to provide the strings for Auto-Completion

UltraEdit will search back 50K in the file for words that match a partially typed word and show these

FTP client built in to give access to FTP servers with multiple account settings and automatic logon and save. (32-Bit Only) Includes support for SFTP (SSH2).
Regular expression searches
Automatic highlighting of brackets/braces as typing or positioning occurs
Highlight based on Line/Col Background
User configurable match strings
Includes < and > for HTML

Hexadecimal Editor - allows editing of any binary file, shows binary and ASCII view

Project/workspace support - allows user to group files and define multiple workspace configurations

Project can have separate wordfile

ASCII table - allows viewing and insertion of ASCII characters
Add/Remove line comments to selected lines
Support of line comments up to 5 characters
Comprehensive macro support, including saving and loading, multiple macros with hot keys

Configurable tool support (Run compiler, etc.)

Function list shows functions in active file (with 6 function strings per language)
Reformatting of existing code to indent/unindent based on language


 

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