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[14:48] UltraEdit coming to linux!!!
Apologies for the excessive use of exclamation marks but, as Big Kev would have said, I'M EXCITED!
UltrEdit was the first editor I ever used that wasn't just an editor but was, like Eddy McGuire, a powerful tool in it's own right (see that, IntelliMouse Support, whoa). I think I jumped on board around about version 6.00/6.10, somewhere in late-1998. UltrEdit was so good that I (eventually) payed for it, even back in the days of dodgy warez! When I transitioned to linux I tried running UltraEdit on Wine, but it just wasn't the same. I tried Kate, jEdit, emacs, NEdit and a whole host of others before finally settling on Vim, mostly because of it's ubiquity across both Windows (natively or via Cygwin) and the variety of Unix-based operating systems I was working with and because I found out that it had block-mode operations available in Visual Mode. So, I do my work with Vim or vi as required, but I still pine for the good ole days and, every now and then I amuse myself by watching the latest batch of slavering UltraEdit-junkies, going through withdrawl after moving to linux, throw themselves against the unyielding walls of IDM Computing Solutions in the forums.
Imagine my surprise this afternoon when I stumbled across this thread and, more excitingly, this post which states:
Re: UltraEdit for Linux Postby penntap on Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:08 pm Hi Everyone, We just wanted to give everyone interested in this thread a little insight into our efforts towards porting UE to LINUX/Mac. Along with ongoing development of our products over the last year we have indeed been working on a Linux version of UltraEdit we call UEx. That's right...it does exist and we are very pleased with our progress to date! As DaveS indicated, this is not a trivial process but we do have the in-house resources to accomplish this. Furthermore, we are also adding additional resources to those already being applied to this task. We expect to have a Linux version of UltraEdit ready for market late in 2008 (Q3 -Q4). We want to assure you, our customers, that we have heard your requests and we are working hard to provide the Linux/Mac version of UltraEdit you all want so much to see. Best wishes, Ian and teamI did some digging and there's not a lot to see yet apart from that post and a very brief mention in the Jan '08 Newsletter which says:
I am also pleased to report that we are making good progress with UEX, our cross-platform Linux version of UltraEdit. We hope to have UEX ready for commercial release later in the year.I for one, pledge allegiance to our new text-editor overlord and will joyfully pay the new license fee when it arrives. Just one thing. Would it be to much to ask for a Curses interface too?