UltraEdit for Linux (UEx)

UltraEdit UEx is a powerful Linux source code HTML, PHP, text, and hex editor

UltraEdit for Linux (UEx) is the ideal text, hex, and programmer's editor! UEx is used by developers around the world to edit a vast array of programming languages such as: C/C++, C#, XML, Java, Perl, Python, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, etc. What's more, with editing support for files over 4GB, UEx can be used for handling, editing, or formatting large data files.

UltraEdit for Linux (UEx) key Features

Group related files and folders with Projects
Column/block mode editing
Syntax highlighting for hundreds of languages
Find, Replace with regular expression support
Robust Find in Files and Replace in Files support
Execute applications/shell commands with tools
Function list for easy navigation through source code
Code folding, brace matching, auto-indent
Large file handling - Edit files in excess of 4GB
Automate tasks with Macros or integrated scripting engine
Unicode/UTF-8 support
Horizontal/vertical split window
HEX editing
Configurable keyboard mapping
Save and retrieve text snippets with templates
File change detection
Show tabs, spaces, line endings... And more!

The goal of UEX is to offer the sum of UltraEdit's legendary functionality to the Linux/Mac user community - because a total solution should not be bound by OS.

See changes: v1.20 | v1.10

UEx offers native support
for the following Linux distributions

UEx features a user-friendly interface and layout...

UEX is designed to give you the native feel of your operating system of choice, without sacrificing the knowledge you've gained in using UltraEdit on windows. So, if you're a Windows user who has made the jump to Linux/Mac, UEX will seem very familiar. UEX maintains the interface, configuration conventions, hotkeys, etc that you've come to know...

All Find/Replace/Find and Replace in Files functionality in one window

What is UltraEdit without find/replace... UEX offers the same powerful find and replace that is so critical to your day-to-day tasks.

UEx is a hex editor

Unlike most other Linux editors, UEx has a built-in hex editor. Many Linux editors are limited in that you must install specific libraries, files, and other dependencies. Having specialized in text editing perfection for better than 15 years, we understand that installing and using specific libraries can be cumbersome and time-consuming. As such, we have taken the steps to make the installation of UEx as seamless as possible without the need for hunting down additional dependencies for hex editing.

UEX includes full column mode support

One of UltraEdit's most powerful features is its easy-to-use Column Mode. Column Mode, sometimes known as block editing mode, allows you to select columns of data (as opposed to rows) by changing the way you can select text in the editor. Column mode is truly indispensable...

The same configuration you're used to seeing...

Perhaps two of the most popular hallmarks of UltraEdit are its extensive feature set and its famed configurability. Of course, both of these attributes are preserved in UEX so users can enjoy the things they liked most about UltraEdit, while at the same time, leveraging its strength against computing tasks on Linux/Mac platforms.

Macros and scripts to get nearly any job done

Scripting and macros, a favorite feature of the advanced UltraEdit user. UEX includes the built-in macro/scripting engine so you can automate your tasks and work smarter not harder.

A highly configurable GUI with file tabs, split windows, and more

Perhaps two of the most popular hallmarks of UltraEdit are its extensive feature set and its famed configurability. Of course, both of these attributes are preserved in UEx so you can enjoy the things you like most about UltraEdit, while at the same time, leveraging its strength against computing tasks on Linux. UltraEdit for Linux includes some Linux-specific configurations, such as your choice of console for user tool output, or your choice of file browser when browsing project files/folders. Of course, primary selection is supported as well.

UltraEdit text editor for Linux complete feature list

UltraEdit for Linux is a powerful text editor with a vast array of features. UltraEdit is used by programmers to code and edit all kinds of programming languages including C/C++, Java, Perl, Python, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and more.

While the Linux version of UltraEdit does not initially include all of the features/functionality available in the Windows version, each future release will include additional functionality which is present in the Windows version but not yet available in the Linux version. Please check back frequently for updates on new additions.

Text editing
Find & replace
Web development
Advanced features
Hex editing

Text Editing Features

Disk based text editing - supports editing of large 4GB+ files, minimum RAM used even for multi-megabyte files
Insert/overstrike mode with caret and status bar indication
Auto-indent wrapped lines
Support for extremely long lines
Home key positions at first non-space, then first character
Unicode/UTF-8 editing support
Revert to saved (refresh active file)
Favorite files list (stores up to 50 of your favorite files)
Recent files list (up to 16 recent files)
Configurable font and editor colors
Active line highlighting
Optionally display spaces, tabs, and line breaks
Toggle line numbers and column ruler
Set UltraEdit to "Always on Top" to always keep it on top of other windows
Printing functionality
Multi-level undo and redo
Cut/Copy/Paste:

Cut/Copy and append to existing data on clipboard
Copy full file path and name
Multiple (up to 9) user clipboards in addition to system clipboard

Text selecting features:

Select entire file, select line, or select word
Select user-defined range of text
Click a line number in the margin to select the line

Text deletion features:

Delete selection
Delete line
Delete from current cursor position to start of line or end of line

Move active line up or down
Duplicate active line
Word wrap (toggle on or off)
Open file tabs

File tabs provide quick access to and easy switching between all open files
Ability to "drag" file tabs to split the window (horizontally or vertically) multiple times
(Optional) Middle-click to close file tab

Integrated file viewer (tabbed interface) includes:

"Places" explorer (select multiple files to open them)
List of open files (close/save/print selected files)
List of project files (open selected files)
"Lists" tab for user favorites and user-created file groups/lists
Filter for file view and file explorer
File find for "open files" tab

Multiline ind and replace dialogs for all searches (Find, Replace, Find in Files, Replace in Files)
Bookmarks

Go to next/previous bookmark
Clear all bookmarks

Insert date/time (F7) into active text file at current position
Help file/manual with indexed and searchable contents

Find and Replace Features

Find, find next, find previous, replace and replace all

Select text between caret and find target by holding Shift
Search and replace will (optionally) step through all open files
Save, name, and edit favorite search and replace strings/regular expressions for later use
"Replace where" option defaults to selected text if you selected text (see Help documentation for further information on enabling this feature)

Find in selected text and find in column, including:

Find next/previous
Highlight all
Replace next or replace all
Count all

Full regular expression support for Find/Replace (Perl syntax, Unix syntax, and UltraEdit/legacy syntax) including support for tagged regular expressions
Preserve case option to preserve the case of a word when being replaced
F3 will search and highlight next occurrence of string if find dialog is closed
Highlight all found occurrences of string
Count number of occurrences of string
Find in files/replace in files:

Specify multiple directory paths for searching
Find or Replace a string in multiple files by directory, in all open files, in project files, or in your favorite files
Full regular expression support
Specify file extensions to search in find/replace in files
User-configurable ignore options for directories/files
Separate threading for find/replace in files (allows you to continue working while searching files)
Unicode search option
Use empty find string to create listing of all files matching directory/name specification
Replace in files includes option to list changed files and number of changes
Customize the output format of find/replace in files results

Find matching braces (Ctrl + B)
Find dialogs can optionally default to word under caret
Configurable special character (default is '^') for matching tabs, line breaks, etc. in find/replace (^p will match any line break, ^t will match a tab character, ^n will match Unix-style line terminators and ^r will match Mac-style line terminators)
All find/replace dialogs support Unicode

Advanced Features

Optional shell integration adds "UltraEdit" option to right-click context menu on system
Associate UltraEdit as the default program for any file type
Configurable tool support provides smart and dynamic system shell interaction with active file(s)
Completely configurable key-mapping

Keyboard shortcuts for nearly everything
Multi complex key mappings ("chords")
View/print key mapping from within UltraEdit

Integrated scripting language (based on javascript) to programmatically automate tasks

Includes most powerful javascript functions (loop, while, case/switch, variables, arrays, etc.)
Edit scripts from within UltraEdit
Access most UltraEdit commands via scripts (file opening, saving, editing, run tools, access clipboards, etc.)
Script list accessible as docked window
Scripts can be assigned hotkeys for fast access
Scripts can write output to output window to allow for debugging
Launch script in UltraEdit from command line

Editable macros

Automated macro recording; edit a macro when finished recording
Set macro file to load (and optionally run) macro when UltraEdit starts
Load, save, and run multiple macros with hotkeys
Special characters ^c and ^s allow access to copied and selected text, respectively
Set a macro to automatically execute on every file open or save
Save all your macros to one file
Assign custom hotkeys and chords to macros
Macro commands support conditional loop and if statements
Column mode functions accessible from within macros
Run tools from within macros
Change clipboard in macro
Launch macro in UltraEdit from command line

Column/block mode editing

Ability to edit text files based on columns (blocks) instead of rows
Ctrl + left-mouse-click drag to select blocks
Select a column (instead of a row) and type characters to insert
Multi-line caret for typing into multiple columns at once
Ability to run a search and replace on a selected column/block (instead of rows)
Insert, fill, delete, or cut columns
Insert sequential numbers in column (hex/decimal)
Sum selected columns (selection must contain numbers)
Column mode justify (left, right, center) to justify text within the specified columns

Configurable layout/window theme - while dragging and positioning windows, auto-docking controls will activate
"Open as" option (in File -> Open dialog) to force loading files as binary or read-only
Output window

Resizable, can be docked or floating
Used (optionally) for Find in Files results
Can contain script or tool output

ASCII table - allows viewing and insertion of all available ASCII characters
Create new files as Unicode instead of regular ASCII
Character properties popup dialog shows:

Value of character in decimal/hex and display
Offset of character from start of file in decimal/hex

Completely configurable toolbars: customize existing or add your own
View/hide toolbars and/or status bar
Completely configurable right-click context menu
Multi-byte support
Open multiple files at once from the file open dialog and command line
Option to open file without temp file
Configurable file change detection
Position cursor beyond line end
Commands to position active line at top, middle or bottom of screen
Support for optional multiple instances
Configurable default edit window size
View page breaks as lines
Line numbering is based on real lines (not wrapped lines)
Formatting conversions:

Tabs to spaces
Spaces to tabs for all tabs, or just leading tabs in a line
Character-delimited files to fixed-column (CSV file support)
Fixed-column file to character-delimited
Lower to Upper Case or vice versa
Invert case/capitalization
Capitalize every word in selection

Trim trailing spaces (set to execute on save)
Command line options (see Help file for full documentation)

Programming/Web Development Features

Highly configurable syntax highlighting:

Pre-configured for C/C++, VB, ASP, Java, PHP, XML, HTML, javascript, Perl and more
Special handling for FORTRAN and LaTex
Hundreds of syntax highlighting wordfiles available for download
Allows different background colors
Support to highlight words beginning with a specified character (for instance variable highlighting using $ in PHP)
Automatic highlighting based on file name or extension
Font styling for syntax highlighting in addition to color styling
Multi-language highlighting (e.g., PHP/HTML/javascript highlighting in the same file)

Code Folding

Fold any function or structure (all popular languages supported)
"Collapse All" and "Expand All" folded nodes
Support for ignore strings and comment strings
Dynamic updating of folding structures
Add your own custom open/fold strings

Function listing (dockable/hideable list) shows all the functions in source code file and supports function listing for all project files; double-click function to jump to it in the file
Automatic XHTML detection, code folding, and indentation
Project support (logical grouping and ordering of files/folders)

Easy creation or switching of projects via "Project" menu
Access entire project in File View (Ctrl + U)
Open multiple files as a single project/workspace
Delete files from project
Recent project list showing up to eight of the last projects opened
Project specific user tools (in addition to standard set) with custom bitmaps
User/project tools supports having output go directly to the active document
Virtual "group" support for projects allows files to be grouped together
Support for nested groups with no limit on depth
Project/favorites - add files/add all open files dialog allows multiple file selection
Directory groups dynamically updated
Direct addition/removal of files from File Tree View
Recursive addition of files/folders
Filter files to include/exclude from project
Specify option wordfile for syntax highlighting in project files

Named templates

Create, modify, and insert templates (up to 50 supported)
Support for special/dynamic data in templates (see Help documentation for details)
Template list provides quick access to templates