We are giving away three licenses for the editor UltraEdit and the comparison tool UltraCompare today in the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway.
UltraEdit is a text editor at its core and one could mistakenly think of it as yet another Notepad clone. While it still provides the speed of the default Windows text editor it comes with an impressive feature list that beats most – if not all – other text editors in Windows fair and square. Yes, that includes Notepad++ and the likes. That’s of course only true if you need the additional features that it provides. The feature list includes syntax highlighting, code folding, Unicode support, spell checking, ftp & sftp browser, ssh. macro engine, html building and customizations among others.
The editor provides professionals with the tools needed in their job. Webmasters and web designers who do use text editors and not a web designing software will find the features offered indispensable. UltraEdit provides syntax highlighting for web standards such as html, php, xml, javascript or css including a html file validator that checks if the code is W3C compliant. More than 500 wordfiles can be downloaded from the official homepage to add support for additional programming languages from Assembly languages to C++ and World of Warcraft Lua. The integrated ftp & sftp browser makes updating files on the Internet a breeze. Add to that a dockable SSH / Telnet window to access a remote server command line right from the editor.
Versioned backups ensure worry free editing as files can be backed up before changes are committed to them. A file comparison tool can be used to compare different versions of a file to highlight the differences.
Additional UltraEdit features include:
- Configure word wrap and tab settings for different file types
- Organize and access local or FTP files with projects.
- Hex, Unicode, Large Files support
- Integrated Scripting Engine
- Customize nearly every aspect of the editor
- WebSearch Toolbar (Wikipedia, PHP.net, MSDN..)
UltraCompare is a powerful file comparison tool that can compare files and folders with each other. Two or three binary and text files can be compared with each other at the same time and it is possible to merge the differences of the compared files. The folder mode supports both local and network directories and jar / zip file comparison. It also offers the means to merge the differences between compared directories.
The interface will display the text files that are compared visually highlighting the differences. Tabbed sessions allow to run multiple comparisons at the same time int he same window. The folder compare displays the folder structures next to each other using symbols and colors to highlight the differences.
Additional UltraCompare Features include:
- Differences navigation
- Multiple merge options
- Relational lines
- Isolate lines
- File Editing
- File Compare Profiles
You can grab a copy of UltraEdit or UltraCompare by leaving a comment below. Tell us what you currently use for file editing and text comparison.
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“Windows with knobs on” – UltraEdit is one of the knobs :D
so far I’ve not found any good file comparison software (issue with binaries, they check file size generally, not file contents), so I’d like use ultracompare.
thanks
I currently use notepad .. would love to use Ultraedit :)
For text comparison, I use Beyond Compare.
“Tell us what you currently use for file editing and text comparison.”
Text editing in Windows – Metapad: http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Text comparison in Windows – DELTA: http://www.openetwork.com/delta.html
Best editor out there. My licence ran out a few years ago and it would be nice to be up-to-date. Count me in!
Recently I went lost by discovering that I HAVE NOT A SINGLE TOOL FOR IN-DOCUMENT COMPARISON!, and that solely would be a great reason to asking one of the licenses – why not for both softs?
I do not use Micro~1 Office products, so I’m stuck with Note-WordPad very-very basic options – which do NOT
make the work an easy and peaceful task.
I wrote lots of mails for lots of people, and HATE sending them bulk mails. But sometimes I can copy and paste a sentence or two – problem comes when I need to compare them and check if each is customized enough besides error-free. So they’ll be helpful in both stances, Edit and Compare.
As a lost resort, I’d pick Compare. Nothing more human than treating persons with a touch of care, heh?
Thank you all and have a great new year!
(sad by losing FinePrint, WindowSpace and Roboform…)
thanks for yet another great giveaway, can santa please drop one my way
Nice features. I would like to use it (now I use Notepad++). Count me in for the contest.
I use Editpad Pro for text and Beyond Compare for diffs.
I use notepad2 and total Commander
I use metapad and notepad++ today but I’d love to win a license for ultraedit. ;)
this could be useful… count me in!
I currently use PSPad and Beyond Compare for finding Differences in Text and Code.
But would really love to use Ultraedit for my editing
:)
i’m surprised i’ve not heard of UltraEdit before. customizable toolbars and menus? it’s like the Directory Opus of text editors!
looks like a great app, a big step up from the free Notepad++ i currently use. it’d be great for scripting, but i think i’d use it more as a word processor. the custom highlighting would be great for analyzing texts for my doctoral dissertation!
i’m going to grab the demo and check it out :)
I currently use Notepad++ for both text editing and comparison, though it lacks a bit when opening a lot of files (100+) at once, which I have to do quite often. I would like to check out UltraEdit/UltraCompare
I’m using Notepad++ and its Compare plugin. Too bad it hasn’t been updated for a while and it’s not compatible with the newest version of the text editor. Would probably need some more powerful tools!
I use NotePad++ and eclipse, but this looks great for javascript editing.
Pspad and WinMerge.
Friend has Ultra Edit and UltraCompare and says there the ducks nuts bees knees
I also use NotePad++ for editing text…although I still need to learn how to use a file comparison software…It would be nice to have a much recommended software like UltraEdit.
For file comparsing i use no tool, i look manually! For File editing i use notepad++!
I use Notepad++ for text-editing and FileCompare for comparing diff files. Both excellent softwares, but I’ve heard from my friends that this is a lot better
Wow it is one of the most powerful editors. I currently use Notepad.
I use notepad++ and eclipse.
primarily i use notepad++ up till last few months when i reformated my windows platform. I like notepad++ alot much as how i would value UltraEdit for being a good PHP,CSS editor.
best regards.
I want to have UltraEdit, to replace the crappy notepad.exe that I’m using right now!
never mind. i tried the demo, and it is far too complicated for my needs :)
I use notepad++/emacs and winmerge.
I use notepad++, but because I don’t code everyday somebody else will probably need it more than I do ;)
Wow, a great soft and a very nice giveaway.
I’m currently using Notepad++ to edit files. I compare my files using WinMerge or kDiff3, which is able to compare 3 files at the same time.
I use Zend but it uses too much memory (117 megs) as I am writing this. Thanks Java.