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I always like UltraEdit and paid the premium for many years. Two things happened though (1) it competed by getting bloated rather than better -- honestly the 2000/1 version may have been favorite. and (2) The world (or my subsection of it) coalesced around ST -- well, other than the VIMs and EMACS faithful.

So I adapted, and I really do like ST. Got the features I want, and a clean interface.

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Yeah I know what you mean about the bloat added in the 00s that was crap. They did seem to listen a lot to their users though as things got better. It isn't as quick to load as Sublime Text 3 (which is lightening fast!) but it can open big (like several hundred MB or more) files in and instant whereas Sublime Text is a lot slower.

My biggest gripe with UltraEdit is that it basically has zero ways to extend it. It has no plugin system and their macro system is horrible. This is where Sublime Text is really great.

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