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IMHO it's a good thing to see commercial software being ported to Linux.

Now granted, on Linux, we probably don't need yet another editor - especially no closed source one, but it's the spirit that matters.

The more companies out there producing Linux software, the more companies will do the same, accumulating momentum and in the end forcing stuff like Photoshop to happen on Linux sometime in the future.

UltraEdit is a well known product on the Windows world and it's being produced by a well known company, so if they see value in producing a Linux desktop version, others might too.

They won't see that value for very long if no one buys this. Which might well turn out to be the case, since it is a closed-source editor, and alternatives are many.

I was one of the people who ran UEStudio on Windows. When I switched to Ubuntu, I did not find the open source editors to my liking (yes, I know, heresy).

However, over the past year Komodo has stopped crashing enough to be the perfect editor for me. I don't see anything Ultraedit does that Komodo doesn't.

If they had come out on the market an year ago, I might have felt differently.

I used to love UltraEdit back in 2000 before I completely switched over to Linux. It handled the various languages I needed (Java, Perl, PHP, Tcl) very well. After switching to Linux, I searched high and low for something that approached its feature set and user-friendliness and ended up with jEdit, which was a very solid replacement. vim and emacs are great, but both jEdit and UltraEdit are very approachable to the newbie.

I've downloaded the Ubuntu package and am impressed with the job they've done porting it over. It looks beautiful. I commend them for their effort. Not sure I could come back at this point, but man I wish I had this 9 years ago...

I hope the port proves rewarding for them.

UltraEdit is my favorite editor on Windows, which is why I was pretty happy to see it being made available for Linux. It is true that being closed source will make it difficult to succeed on Linux, but it's a good sign nonetheless. The website mentions that a Mac version is coming soon, which should be interested -- at least in comparison to TextMate.

I remember a time when UE was really the best option for Windows. Just think, (S)FTP integration! I certainly put a lot of miles on it.

Nowadays though, so many editors (some of them free) with identical feature-sets have popped up across all platforms that the only way I can see this having traction is if former users are really vying for the UltraEdit UI.

I remember having UI separation anxiety moving from Photoshop to GIMP, but my memories of UltraEdit aren't so fond.

That's great news but about 5 years too late... I've long since weaned myself of the habit.

That sums up how I felt, too. I was excited at first, but then remembered that I stopped using UltraEdit when I switched to Linux on the desktop.

Still one the best editors I've used, though, and was my favorite on Windows.

Meh, I don't need another editor for linux, vim is enough for me.

Yep.

Yeah, no offense UE, but gvim's already got all your front-page features.

Find/replace? Of course.

Hex editing? Yes, via external helper xxd.

Column mode? If you mean block visual mode, yes. Justifying text is available through a macro.

Highly configurable and powerful? I'd say so.

Macros and scripts? Naturally.

Highly configurable GUI with file tabs, split windows, and more? Yes, yes, yes, and please define 'more' more succinctly.

Just because gvim (or emacs) can already do everything anyone has ever conceived of doing with a text editor doesn't mean it can't be improved upon.

Exactly. It's the interface that matters, not the feature list.

For example Emacs could use a good programming language. Emacs lisp is awkward. (At least we should get static scoping.)

What's wrong with Geany?

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