UltraEdit for Linux: UEX Development Update

The world's favored windows editor will soon be available for Linux/Mac
Co-Written by Richard Knott and Ian D. Mead

Few programs within the scope of text/programmers editors offer the functionality UltraEdit does, so the goal of UEX is to offer the sum of UltraEdit's legendary functionality to the Linux/Mac user community - because a total solution should not be bound by OS.

If you're a Windows user who has made the jump to Linux/Mac, UEX will seem very familiar. UEX uses all the standard (UltraEdit) hot keys that you've come to know (Ctrl-C to copy text, Ctrl-P to print, etc.)...

Perhaps two of the most popular hallmarks of UltraEdit are its extensive feature set and its famed configurability. Of course, both of these attributes are preserved in UEX so users can enjoy the things they liked most about UltraEdit, while at the same time, leveraging its strength against computing tasks on Linux/Mac platforms.

If you're exchanging text files between a Windows or Mac OS, you'll find UEX's built-in file-type converter very handy. Of course, as you know, In different operating systems line terminators are encoded differently. If you open a text file created in Linux in a Windows editor, you may see that the editor runs all the lines together. UEX's file-type converter internally handles the line endings so you can view the file as you expect to see it - you can convert the file permanently or leave it in its native format. Because UEX handles these formats automatically, you and your co-workers can switch effortlessly between Unix, Mac, and Windows text formats.

UltraEdit is heralded by the Windows community as the ideal text, HTML, HEX editor, advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. We think delivering anything short of this to our Linux/Mac users would be a disappointment. As such, we didn't simply port UltraEdit (Windows) to Linux, rather we re-engineered the critical components to take advantage of the native Linux/Mac operating system - all this to give you the superior performance that UltraEdit is known for - on your operating system of choice.

Of course, for those of you who have become accustomed to UltraEdit on Windows, UltraEdit's legendary edit control has been re-engineered to run on Linux/OSX. The file handling and superior performance unique to UltraEdit (Windows) is the backbone of UEX thus giving you the superior performance you expect. Besides the core of the editor, we have ported the essential features needed for users of all types: Cut, Copy, Paste, Find, Replace, Undo, Redo, Print, Projects, Macros, Scripting, code folding, workspace/file manager, output window, project support, syntax highlighting, column/HEX editing, and so on...

Like its Windows counterpart, you can use UEX for anything you want, text editing, web development, application/software development, technical writing, system administration, and so on...

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Configure UEX to perform an array of specialized tasks, or simply use it a general text editor. Load a 4GB+ file and data mine with all the might of our Find/Find-in-Files (FIF) and of course Replace/Replace-in-Files. Need a quick spell check before publishing your files, then run the integrated spell-checker... UEX is built with the single user in mind as well as the needs of a complete enterprise deployment.

As you know, many Linux editors won't run unless you install specific libraries, files, and other dependencies. Having specialized in text editing perfection for better than 15 years, we understand that installing and using specific libraries can be cumbersome and time-consuming. As such, we have taken the steps to make the installation of UEX as seamless as possible without the need for hunting down dependencies. To these ends, we plan on providing distribution specific packages for a seamless installation experience.

While we have done so much to date, and many are anticipating the nearing release, we are not done yet!

The initial distribution of UEX will be based on the Ubuntu platform. For Red Hat/Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, and other Linux distribution users, a tarball will be provided so all can enjoy the editor.

Future steps will include the addition of a collection of IT tools such as integrated Telnet/SSH client, FTP/SFTP browser, and SQL/MySQL admin tools. Like its Windows counterpart, UEX will not be just a text editor, it will offer a total text editing solution...

And of course, our model for pricing has not changed. Affordability has always been a design requirement of any IDM product. The same will be true for UEX. There are few commercially available editors for Linux/Mac and the ones that offer any appreciable advanced functionality are very expensive. UEX will not follow this model.

Like it's Windows counterpart, UEX will be highly affordable, come with 1-year free upgrades, lifetime tech support, and will be maintained by our in-house dedicated engineering division so users can expect regular updates and new versions to keep pace with the ever changing technological landscape.

Look for updates here in IDM Highlights each month and expect UEX's commercial release VERY soon.

On behalf of our dedicated UEX team, it's our hope that you are as excited about UEX as we are.