Text Editor/Feature Matrix
ConTEXT | jEdit | EditPlus | TextPad | Proton | UltraEdit | UPad | UCEditor | Vim | VisualUC | WOTgreal/UDE | |
Syntax Highlighting | yes (limited to one custom) | yes (built-in) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes (only built-in) | yes (built-in) | yes | yes | yes (built-in) |
Line numbering | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes |
Code folding/collapsing | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | no |
Column select | yes | yes | yes | yes | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | yes |
Bookmarks | yes | yes | no | yes | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | yes |
Workspaces | yes | ? | yes | yes | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | yes, depends on license |
Custom tools | 10max | yes | yes | 64max | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | yes |
Console output capturing | yes | ? | yes | yes | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | yes |
Macros | keystroke recordings | programmable | keystroke recordings | keystroke recordings | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | programmable & keystroke recordings |
Tabbed windows | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | yes |
Search & Replace | yes | yes | yes | yes | ? | yes | only Search | ? | ? | ? | yes |
Find in files | ? | yes | yes | yes | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | yes |
Regular Expression | ? | yes | yes | yes | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | yes |
Function list/jump | no | ? | yes | no | ? | yes | no | ? | ? | ? | very advanced |
Version Control System | no | plug-in | no | ? | no | ? | no | ? | ? | ? | professional version and UDE only |
Price | free | free (GPL) | $30 (shareware) | $29 (shareware) | freeware | $40, 45 days free trial | ? | free (CPL) | free (GPL) | free | $25 (basic), $45 (pro) (shareware); UDE is free |
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Discussion
El Muerte TDS: please complete
pgibbs: If you look at http://www.wotgreal.com/Navigation/register.cfm, you'll see apparently you get "Limited" workspace support for the shareware version of WOTgreal, so i've changed the matrix to reflect this.
TikaKino: I use UltraEdit quite a lot, so I've added all the features I could find.
pgibbs: WOTgreal is being shipped with UT2004 (as a replacement for that IDE that it comes with)
Escher0: WOTgreal did not ship with UT2004
Harmeister: You're right, technically it shipped afterward under a different name (the UDE), but it was *supposed* to ship with it. You can download it now in anycase
Blue Ion: "You can download it now in anycase" for free... Maybe the "Download from Third-Party site" meant the UDN for download the UDE (not WOTgreal).
I don't know If it is necessary an other column since they are the same (change it if I'm mistaken)