Read on further to check out what’s coming for UltraEdit in August and September. 

Dev Days of Summer Code Camp

Join us as we co-host the Dev Days of Summer Code Camp. The event is two weeks long and consists of live and on-demand developer content, all completely for free.

Enjoy a free platform for skill sharing and collaboration with some of the best developers and industry experts from a wide variety of coding disciplines. This event is open to all developers of all skill levels. We strongly encourage beginners and experienced developers alike to participate..

Here’s what you can expect from the event:

• Explore Diverse Topics: Join discussions on a wide range of subjects from cutting-edge tech to foundational programming skills in  our webinars.
• Interactive Sessions: Engage in Q&A sessions, hands-on tutorials, and collaborative projects with developer teams and experts.
• Network and Grow: Connect with fellow developers, share experiences, and build lasting relationships.

Coming soon: UltraEdit 2024.1

Once you’re done signing up for the event, you can check out this preview of an upcoming update  to UltraEdit/UEStudio. This update is coming this month and it will feature numerous bug fixes and even more quality-of-life changes. 

These were all carefully curated and chosen from the most popular user requests.  Similar to previous releases,  this will feature several small but beneficial improvements that are useful for a majority of users.

Here’s a sneak preview of what’s coming:

• A more streamlined support request submission system
• New supported gestures for mouse, trackpad, and other pointing devices
• Support for third party compare tool integration
• And a lot more!*

*There really is a lot more but we can’t share everything here yet. You just have to keep posted for the announcement blog post. Sign up for our newsletter so you don’t miss anything!

Teaser: Big development coming for UltraCompare!

Our next announcement is related not to UltraEdit but to its sister tool, UltraCompare.

For you keen eyed readers, you would notice in the previous section how we mentioned UltraEdit will add support for soft integration of third party compare tools—that is if for whatever reason you don’t like the already integrated UltraCompare!

But for those of you who can’t get enough of UltraCompare, even when you’re on other programs or apps… great news! In a few weeks, UltraCompare will start the pre-release for integration on a popular IDE program. (Hint: It’s a popular Windows IDE.)

The idea here is to introduce UltraCompare as a plugin for the IDE so you can do compares and merges right inside the program window—much like how you do inside UltraEdit. We’ll start off with basic features most likely but stay tuned for more developments!

Update to UltraEdit Academic Licensing

When you start off your career as a software developer, data analyst, or amateur coder, you most likely started off with a normal text editor for basic coding projects. And while that’s completely fine, wouldn’t you prefer having something as powerful and versatile as UltraEdit right off the bat?

UltraEdit has granted 50% sponsorship for students, teachers, and teaching departments. This allows young learners to fully experience tools and start practicing on professional-grade tools used in the industry.

Starting from August 17, UltraEdit will fully sponsor licenses for individual students and learners. This includes but is not limited to: high school students, university students, self-taught coders enrolled with valid educational email addresses, etc. 

Please visit our academic page when the program is live for more information.

Summary

Many exciting developments are coming to UltraEdit in this month of August (and September too! But we’re saving that for the next blog post). Please check back on our website and on our blog to keep up with the latest news. 

If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to us using our support address. 

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Almost exactly 30 years ago, UltraEdit’s original author Ian Mead introduced his new Windows text editor – at that time, a side project named MEDIT – to an online CompuServe software library with little more than faith and hope for its future. (You can still read his original inspiring story here). 

In the burgeoning software industry of the 90s, UltraEdit found quick adoption with both individuals and larger companies for its reputation as a performant, versatile, and trustworthy text editor – something that still holds true today. For many users, UltraEdit’s ability to open large files of any size thanks to its novel disk-based approach to editing was (and still is) compelling enough to make UltraEdit the editor of choice for engineers, teams, and even entire corporations.

Initially introduced as a 16-bit application for Windows 3.1, UltraEdit kept lockstep with technology with the release of a 32-bit counterpart for Windows NT/95 and adopting a “-32” suffix to distinguish the two versions. Several years later, a 64-bit version would follow and is now the standard version in use.

As UltraEdit continued to grow in popularity, Ian recognized the need to build a team and organization that could service the many aspects of the growing product. This entailed many hires for various roles across engineering, QA, customer support, and marketing, as well as a partner and vice president, Richard Knott, to help steer the vision for UltraEdit. Believe it or not, UltraEdit’s first hire, Troy Pennington, is still with us today as QA and Support Manager!

These three decades have seen some major milestones: we released UEStudio, a version of UltraEdit with additional developer power tools. We brought UltraEdit’s sister product UltraCompare to market, as well as several other products including UltraSentry (now EOL’d), UltraFinder, and UltraFTP. We stepped into the Mac and Linux space with multi-platform offerings of UltraEdit and UltraCompare. We celebrated our one millionth user…now, many times that. We heard from customers about how our products were being used in NASA’s Mars rover program, genetic sequencing in the human genome project, and many other fascinating scientific and technical projects.

Throughout the journey, we’ve steadfastly centered on our “north star” instilled by our founder years ago: always do what’s right for the customer. And while interpretations of “right” may have varied, what hasn’t changed is our commitment to actively listen and promptly respond to your valuable feedback in service of that core value.

That brings me to the very best part of this 30-year celebration: you. I am extremely grateful for our loyal customers who have helped us become what we are today. Many of our biggest product advancements and breakthroughs are thanks to you: your posts, your emails, your suggestions, and your willingness to work directly with us in understanding your unique needs and challenges. We embrace that spirit of cooperation and collaboration. It fuels us every day. For our part, there’s nothing more satisfying than hearing from a delighted user who’s solved a unique challenge with our “Swiss Army Knife” text editor. 

So while there have been many transformative changes over these years, including a transition to new ownership, our mission and vision remain unchanged. Our team is still largely intact…and growing! Our core values established by our founder 30 years ago still guide us. We’re excited about what the future holds for our products and our customers (stay tuned!). We will continue talking to you about the problems you’re facing in your daily work and what we can do to help you solve them. And we will continue doing what’s right for you, because if we’ve learned anything through this journey, it’s that if we take care of our users first everything else will follow. Thirty years of text editing excellence and success have proven it.

We hope you enjoy the 30th major release of UltraEdit in v2024.0. And thank you again for an amazing three decades. Here’s to three more! 🥂

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Coupled with our new live preview feature in UltraEdit v25.20, if you’re already writing Markdown documents you’ll be able to enjoy a real-time preview of your rendered Markdown as you make them in your source file. Additionally, we’ve added a completely new syntax parser for Markdown, so you’ll get full, context-aware Markdown code highlighting support out of the box. No plugins to download and install, no config files to set up. It just works—and that’s the way it should be.

Those of you who are already familiar with Markdown will understand why this is so exciting. But there are others among you who have heard of Markdown but have never used it, or who haven’t heard of it at all! So we wanted to talk about some of the reasons why Markdown is so great.

What Is It?

Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax aimed at making writing for the internet easier. The philosophy behind Markdown is that plain text documents should be readable without tags mussing everything up, but there should still be ways to add text modifiers like lists, bold, italics, etc. It is an alternative to WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors, which use rich text that later gets converted to proper HTML.

It’s possible you’ve encountered Markdown without realizing it. Facebook chat, Skype, and Reddit all let you use different flavors of Markdown to format your messages.

Here’s a quick example: to make words bold using Markdown, you simply enclose them in * (asterisks). So, *bold word* would look like bold word when everything is said and done.

All told, Markdown is a great way to write for the web using plain text.

Why Use It?

It’s Easy to Learn and Fast to Use

Markdown is dead simple to learn. The official syntax can be found here, but most of what you’ll need to know is that typing **word** or __word__ will make it bold, typing *word* or _word_ will italicize the word, links are written like this [anchor text](http://www.URL.com), and lists are written exactly how you’d expect: just hit enter and add any of these three characters at the start of each line: -, *, +. So this:

– List item 1

– List item 2

– List item 3

Becomes this:

• List item 1
• List item 2
• List item 3

Or you could always use a tutorial to learn how to write Markdown, like this one.

So typing Markdown is almost always faster than writing with a rich text editor, especially when you start getting into things like links or bulleted lists, which either make you use the mouse or force you to memorize a complicated sequence of keyboard shortcuts. One caveat is that if you need complicated text elements, such as tables, you’re better off sticking to HTML. Fortunately, Markdown has full HTML support, so you can code a table in HTML and go right back to Markdown in the same document.

Plus, it’s much easier to read raw Markdown than it is to read raw HTML. Which, you know, was part of the reason Markdown was even invented.

It Converts to HTML Easily

Now, if you’re going to be writing HTML, you should just…write HTML. But if you’re, say, writing an email or a readme file where you need HTML’s formatting options but not the full breadth of its features, Markdown is perfect.

Markdown converts to HTML flawlessly, sparing you the hassle of opening and closing all those tags. So. Many. Tags.

In fact, Markdown has the software to convert the plain text to HTML built in! So Markdown is actually a text-to-HTML conversion software in addition to being a markup language.

Plus, have you ever tried to convert from a .docx file to HTML? You often get so much extra formatting and spacing that it’s not worth the effort.

Markdown is Futureproof

By “futureproof,” we mean that Markdown is a plain text format. For as long as plain text is the standard (which it will be for a long, long time), Markdown will be usable and openable by modern programs. Compare this to Microsoft Word, which has 8 different filetypes as of 2018. Keeping things plain text ensures there will never be an outdated version, so software doesn’t need to update to keep up with the format.

Markdown does have its own filename extension: .md, but it was designed to be perfectly readable as a raw text file. So it’s safe to say that Markdown isn’t going anywhere.

It’s Used Everywhere

You might expect that Markdown’s use has stalled as rich text becomes more and more popular, but that’s actually incorrect. Markdown’s presence has only grown since its introduction, and it continues to do so.

Markdown is the unofficial standard on popular coding sites such as GitHub. It is also the default formatting option for popular communication tools such as Skype, Slack, and (to a lesser extent) Facebook Messenger. Wikipedia even uses a modified Markdown syntax they call wikitext.

In a world of social coding that’s only becoming more social, the programmer who doesn’t know Markdown will find themselves at a disadvantage (or, at the very least, confused for a little while).

So learn Markdown, if for no other reason than so you can keep up with the industry.

You Don’t Have to Switch Editors to Write Prose

Writing prose has always been something of a challenge using text editors. It isn’t as though it can’t be done, but plain text removes a lot of the formatting options that tend to come in handy when writing prose. This is more of a small inconvenience than a big issue, but it’s still enough that many people would rather switch to their email program to write an email or their word processor to write prose, as opposed to staying in UltraEdit and writing everything there. But with the introduction of Markdown, writing an email or blog within UltraEdit is now a perfectly viable way to proceed. Of course, you don’t have to do that, but giving people options for how to handle each situation is one of the things UltraEdit does best!

Try UltraEdit Today!

If you haven’t tried UltraEdit yet, give it a shot. Its commercial support, world-class security, and generous 30 day money back guarantee are just a few of the reasons why UltraEdit has been going strong for 25 years. With it’s new Markdown support features, there is even more to love.

Plus, you can try it completely free for 30 days!

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During the webinar you will:

• Learn the basics of scripting
• Understand UltraEdit’s internal scripting engine
• Know where and when scripts can be used
• See how scripts being executed in a live demo

This webinar is presented by Bradley Hawkins (Product Manager) and Johnny Pickle (Chief Architect) with a special video by Ben Schwenk (Chief-of-Staff).

This webinar has concluded. If you missed it,  you can scroll down and watch the replay, skim through the highlights, and access the presentation slide. 

Webinar Slides

Replay

Summary with timestamps

Here are some additional references that can help you work with scripts. Use them alongside the demos and examples in this webinar.

• Basic Scripting Tutorial
• Common Scripting Techniques
• Downloadable scripts and macro files
• User Forums
• In Product Documentation (Access via Help. See this portion of the webinar)
• Script files used in the webinar

0:00:00 Start

0:00:51 Scripting overview

Brad and Johnny give a brief explanation of the history of UltraEdit’s scripting engine. They also go through the most recent developments and features that apply to scripts. 

0:03:51 Basic Script: Hello UltraEdit

It is highly recommended to watch this section if you are relatively new to UltraEdit’s scripting engine as Brad talks through the basics of scripting and how to configure them inside the editor using a coding fundamental example.

Key takeaways include how to execute scripts, seeing the interface and configuration options, and adding shortcut keystrokes

0:09:20 Use Case Example 1: Auto-insert document headers

This is a more complex but still accessible script that teaches you how to add variables to your scripts. This particular scripting example automatically adds the file name, file location, date modified, and other user-assigned variables to the top of a file.

Additionally, Brad showcases (0:11:30) how you can retrofit existing scripts with new variables so you can use them in a wider variety of use cases. For example, this script checks the file extension to determine whether it is a C++ file or a batch file. 

0:11:30 Use Case Example 2: Formatting CSV to JSON

This section teaches some of the more advanced techniques that you can use for scripting. In this demonstration by Ben Schwenk, he uses a script to reformat a flat CSV file into a JSON file with headers. The task itself is not complicated but there are tidbits of information and UltraEdit tricks that will get your scripting skills to the next level.

Bonus: He employs ChatGPT’s help to write the script—greatly speeding up the process! 

0:13:30 Use Case Example 3: Documents headers based on context

Brad takes the existing header file example from his previous script and adds contextual variables such as user input into a new script. Learn how to write scripts that can instruct UltraEdit to open and write changes into a new file instead of just the active document.

0:23:10 Use Case Example 4: Using scripts to pull data from the internet

This next example from Brad showcases the breadth of what you can do with scripts with the recent updates added to UltraEdit’s scripting engine (WebView2) and Live Preview, which makes it easier to see the HTML changes.

This script retrieves data from an internet service, parses it, and inserts it into an HTML document. While the example might come off as somewhat niche, hopefully it does provide users an idea of the kinds of 

0:26:20 Use Case Example 5: Split large files

UltraEdit is renowned for its innate large file handling capabilities—combine this with scripting and you can do some pretty cool stuff with huge data sets. 

In this example presented by Johnny, he showcases a script that parses a large file and splits it into smaller X-sized chunks.

Also, shout out to the legendary Mofi, who wrote this script and has been a community leader since forever.

0:29:08 Use Case Example 6: Code surround

A deceptively simple script that allows users to surround a select block of text/code with open and close characters— such as parentheses, brackets, or braces. The complexity in this script lies in the conditional elements that check whether there is a currently selected block, or an empty space where the caret is, or even if the editor is in column mode.

Special thanks to Hugov who wrote the original script which Johnny tweaked.

0:31:55 What’s Next for UltraEdit

Curious to know UE’s product development team is up to? Watch this section to get a sneak peek into the possible additions that may make its way to your favorite editor soon.

0:43:44 Questions from the Audience

A staple of every webinar. The audience asks a variety of questions to our presenters, from basic development questions to advanced tech work inside UltraEdit.

What’s Next?

Have any feedback or questions from this webinar? Send us a message with subject line “Scripting Webinar Feedback” in this address.

This webinar topic was chosen based on your feedback on UltraEdit 2023.0—and we’re not stopping there! We are starting discussions on the next one but it is not final yet so send us what you think should be on our next presentation.

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This is a post-release blog, so if you haven’t read the latest patch notes, head on over to the UE 2022.1 features tour to learn more.

What does UltraEdit 2022.1 bring to users?

This release carried on the theme of refinement and polishing brought by UE 2022.0. Gone are the days when a random mishmash of features and enhancements were enough to be called a new version. UltraEdit 2022.1 (and 2022.0 for that matter) follows a grand road map to ultimately produce a revamped and modern UltraEdit.

The duo agreed that 2022.1 packs a bigger punch than the previous release. With a number of feature overhauls, this release is filled to the brim with changes that bring significant improvements for users. 

“We laid [our plan] out and it grew—from a minor feature change, it became a complete overhaul of that feature,” explained Brad. They had to narrow the scope of this release because they had so many ideas, a great many of which can be attributed to the steady supply of constructive feedback and suggestions from you. 

Here are a few of the notable changes in UE 2022.1:

Laying the foundation for UltraEdit 2022 and beyond

While the changes introduced in 2022.1 bring significant improvements from the get-go, they also lay the groundwork for bigger ones to be implemented in the future. 

Ben said that they wanted “immediate positives for the users, but a lot of those were also focused at long-term results.”

For example, the WebView2 engine update means that your HTML and markdown previews will now display what you expect to see. This means that UltraEdit will accurately display JavaScript or CSS features within the last 10 years, for instance.

But more interestingly, this update is also the first step toward a plugin architecture, which we teased a while back. With the new HTML control, the developers will have a whole new playground to work with in terms of delivering new and better features. 

Another fundamental update is the syntax parser overhaul that is a precursor to flexible user configurable highlighting.

A bit of background: Before, UltraEdit’s code highlighting was designed to be very tightly interwoven with the rendering of the text in a file. This meant that, as the text changed, the code highlighting would have to adjust itself on the fly to match the changes, which meant more bugs and more expended resources due to the added complexity. 

UE 2022.1 separates the code highlighting data and computation from the painting of text on the screen. This greatly simplifies the process and eliminates many bugs, making code highlighting reliable, faster, and more consistent (especially in languages with esoteric or idiosyncratic syntactical rules). This allows more resources to be used for other processes.  

Command Palette: A Hidden Gem

Apart from the WebView2 update, another favorite part for the duo was the changes to the command palette. From the past two updates, the development direction of the command palette is clear. It’s going to be an all-encompassing feature that all UltraEdit users should know about and use at least once.

In fact, it’s so life-changing that Ben appealed to all UltraEdit users to use the command palette: “The pro tip to the command palette is that you need to use it. Just use it.”

To recap, the command palette is a search dialog that finds all available commands and features with a given string. However, with the recent update, you can now open files and navigate projects inside the command palette.

UltraEdit is home to hundreds, if not thousands, of commands and settings. And the number of files you’re working on may even be beyond that. Further, with the new command palette functions, it just does not make sense to stick to the old methods. 

What’s Next for UltraEdit?

We’ve emphasized that many of the changes in UE 2022.1 are prerequisites to reaching the bigger items down the road. But the development team is not done with it yet.

If you like the latest release, let us know; if you don’t, still let us know. Ben and Brad are continuing to read your feature requests and suggestions. 

PS: Blogs like these are becoming a staple for every release. How are we doing so far? Do you like that we share the rationale behind updates? Should we be more technical? Send us your feedback here.

Download UE 2022.1

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We’ve just released UltraEdit 2022.0 and I’ve had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually) with two of the hard-working people who made the latest release possible.

Ben Schwenk and Bradley Hawkins are part of the internal UltraEdit team as the product manager, and as chief software architect, respectively. Between them are at least thirty years of product work done for UltraEdit and UEStudio.

I asked them to give us their behind-the-scenes perspective and their thoughts on this update, how they went about it, and if they have any big changes planned for UltraEdit as well.

What was the decision-making process behind this update?

UltraEdit 2022.0 is designed to improve rather than introduce. Instead of adding new features, which was often the impetus for previous updates, the main focus for this update was to improve, streamline, and optimize existing functionality, they both said.

“A lot of users don’t hold back in saying that they don’t want new features.” said Brad referring to the comments on UltraEdit’s communication channels.

Ben explained that “if every release [has] new features, you’re probably still working out issues from the previous release.”

The mindset for this update was to take a step back and look at the application and what features could be improved upon. By tweaking the under-the-hood machinery to improve performance and rearranging the UI to be more intuitive, this (hopefully) led to an improved overall user experience.

On the notable changes in this update

Looking at the changelog, the most notable updates are centered around a few items. I asked Ben and Brad what they have to say about the following:

On startup speed:

“It might seem like it’s something that’s rather cut and dry … But that’s not the case because we initialize so much on startup.” Ben explained. However, both he and Brad agreed that due to the nature of how users use UltraEdit (more on this in a bit), getting the editor to start a few milliseconds quicker is a completely worthwhile investment.

On customizable UI windows (freely dockable windows):

One other notable change is the ability to freely dock or float any window— which allows users to customize their interface as they see fit. (e.g. having a file Explorer, a project window, all active files in one screen)

“It was a big internal change, small change probably to the user, but [a] big, big amount of work internally.” explained Brad.

On macro updates:

One other UltraEdit feature that complements well with its ability to open large files are macros— a scripted sequence of key or mouse actions and host commands. Reducing the runtime of, say, a macro that parses, finds, and replaces strings in a large csv file means “users [can] become exponentially more efficient”.

On user experience and customizability:

As mentioned earlier, this update “targeted a lot of items from user complaints.” The performance tweaks and menu adjustments were guided by user usage patterns; this means that column mode, command palette, and user tools should now have improved UX design.

How is the feedback on UE 2022.0 so far?

Ben and Brad shared that many changes were prompted by user requests and reports. And one cool fact is that when these requests get accepted into changes, the UltraEdit team informs and thanks whoever sent those requests.

“But I’d really like to see users, not just reporting bugs and requests,” Ben said. “I want [our users] to collaborate with us on the development of UltraEdit.”

Suffice to say that there were no glaring issues or anything beyond normal expectations as far as releases go.

Looking back, were you satisfied with the update?

Apart from the editor changes, there were some changes on the internal side as well. It would not be farfetched to say that the changes to the editor were a reflection of a shift to a “more structured process”.

“[Before], we had this mentality or this culture of just shoving everything and the kitchen sink”

Having a structured plan also helped with organizing manpower and direction. “There wasn’t an uncomfortable amount of pressure because we were actually doing it in a very organized way that made sense, and allowed us to deliver a product,” Brad explained when asked about how this update’s motivation was different from before.

… and how has UltraEdit (and its users) developed through the years?

UltraEdit has found itself as an in-between editor for most developers’ tasks. Brad used the term “chameleon”, in that it can adapt to whatever the users needed.

“It’s something different for each one of our users because none of them seem to use it in the same way.” Brad said.

In contrast to highly-specialized IDEs, UltraEdit is nominally a text editor, but because “it has so many different individual features piled into it, the users [themselves] find interesting ways to use it that we [as the developers] never anticipated.”

Which makes it all the more important to give users more options to customize the editor.

Any big plans for the future?

While new features were sidelined in this release, that is not to say that none are planned.

One of the big functionalities the development team is eyeing is robust plugin support. As alluded to earlier, this is so that “the developers and users can add functionality for themselves to the product in a more modular format.”

Plugins were previously a nonstarter, per the team, due to security and stability concerns. But Ben and Brad are optimistic that they can find an implementation that is safe and compelling.

I will refrain from mentioning any specifics at this point as there isn’t any yet; but it would be interesting to be able to add your own handy tool to a Swiss army knife.

On a similar note, Ben and Brad divulged that they are also planning on introducing a release channel system, wherein our users can opt in to betas and release candidates.

However, they are also keen on carrying the value that UltraEdit has built over the years. For example, Ben and Brad said that they are constantly looking for ways to improve security— meaning keeping the environment safe for deployment, viable for corporate use, etc. In their words, the goal is to make it “more accessible for things like group policy and administrator use”

Overall, the plan is that “the [editor’s] performance should be such that they don’t even realize that they’re high performance” Ben said. He also expressed that with this release, they realize more and more how important design is to performance.

They both added that the vision is to help new users become more productive by helping the editor seem “less daunting and more accessible” via intuitive design. Moving forward, users can expect updates to be more focused and lean.

Ben agreed with Brad that the discussions around the previous update as well as plans for the future were a “breath of fresh air in terms of the future”.

Closing statements

I hope that this short talk with the people behind UltraEdit can give you a meaningful glimpse of how things are planned under the hood. And if you have any specific requests or wishes, the dev team is keen on hearing from you so send them a message here.

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Wishing you, our users and readers a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from all of us at IDM!

Even as I write the greeting above I’m all too aware of the Coronovirus pandemic that has impacted us all this year. What a year it has been!

While we have all been impacted one way or another, some have been more severely impacted, even with the loss of loved ones, while others much less so. We need to be conscious of this and respectful of this and the ongoing risks. We need to encourage and lift up in prayer those in need, our friends, our neighbors and those around us at this time. We need to be there for them, help them, show love to them.

I think of last year and when people would say “I can’t wait for 2020 because…” and even now as people say “I can’t wait for next year…”.

This time of year, as we celebrate Christmas, we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Despite what is going on right now, we need to be careful what we wish for, more importantly as Jesus says in the Bible in Mathew 6:34: “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Hasn’t that proven to be true today!

That verse comes at the conclusion of a passage where Jesus in Matthew 6:25 talks about not being anxious. How true is is that while it’s normal for many to worry and be anxious (myself included), we need not be. Being anxious changes nothing, but praying to God changes everything and when I pray to God, to Jesus and ask for His peace, He calms the storm in my life and brings peace.

Ask God today for that peace that comes only through Him and the sacrifice Jesus made when he died on the cross and was resurrected so that we can spend eternity with Him!

Despite all that has happened in 2020 we have so very much to be thankful for. Let us not forget that and let us use this Christmas and Holiday time to show love and encouragement to others, to help and bless them as we are able.

Thank you for taking the time to read this message and our sincere thanks from all of the IDM team for being part of what makes IDM possible and allows us to support many people and organizations around the world.

Whatever you celebrate, whatever your faith, we wish you very Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.

Thank you again and may God bless you.

Ian and the IDM Team

P.S. One of the organizations we support because of their financial integrity and commitment to helping others in need in the US and around the world is Convoy of Hope.

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So, what makes UltraEdit the best text editor around? We’ve broken it down into four reasons for your consideration.

The company that stands behind it.

For over 25 years, we’ve been tirelessly improving UltraEdit to adapt to the changing needs of our users.  Located in the USA, we’ve grown a team of in-house developers to meet this goal and to continue to exceed users’ expectations for what an editor can handle. Due to user demand, we’ve expanded the team to extend UltraEdit’s availability to Mac and Linux platforms in addition to its native Windows. Additionally, in another effort to meet our users’ needs, we expanded our product line to provide a full suite of tools for coding and text editing.

Even the most sophisticated program would be useless without quality support. Our understanding of this is why we employ an in-house support staff. Weprovide our users with the best technical and customer support in the business—an impossible feat for, say, an open source software. Just as important, we’re always listening to our users and the industry to understand how computing needs are evolving. Our track record reflects a quick response to those changing needs, so you can depend on UltraEdit to grow alongside you. When you decide to go with UltraEdit, you’re not just getting a great piece of software… you’re getting the company, its stability, and all the resources that stand behind it.

A track record of quality for almost 3 decades.

Since 1993, our vision has been to provide an editor that outlasts and outperforms anything else available. Even as other text editors have risen and fallen in popularity over the years, UltraEdit has continued to provide our users with the power and flexibility they need to do their most important daily work.

From the self-starting freelance developer who has used UltraEdit for her entire professional career, to the Fortune 500 companies who have renewed maintenance on their UltraEdit licenses for decades, and everyone in between. Our customers exemplify UltraEdit’s staying power in the world of text editing. And we’ve built a large network of partners and distributors to meet our worldwide user base specific and localized needs.

Acclaim from the industry.

UltraEdit has consistently been recognized by others as the leading text editor in the business, including the shareware industry’s “People’s Choice” award. We also earned a spot on G2 Crowd’s list of Top 50 Software Companies. Beyond this, our customer testimonials and user reviews from our 2+ million user community reflect that UltraEdit is the leader of the pack for performance, responsiveness, and customer service. As you browse user reviews, you’ll notice that UltraEdit is often praised for its ability to easily open and edit huge (multi-GB) files that exceed the limitations of other editors.

Security credentials like no other.

If you’re entrusting your most valuable data to your text editor, shouldn’t you be assured it’s secure? We’ve made a significant investment to obtain and maintain CA Veracode verified application security, because we believe our users are entitled to that assurance By regularly submitting UltraEdit to Veracode’s rigorous application process, undergoing thorough auditing, and continually making remediations, we’re committed to making security an inherent quality to UltraEdit. No other editor on the market can make this claim, including, again, open-source freeware. Only UltraEdit users enjoy greatly reduced risk and peace of mind in a world where security is of exponentially increasing importance.

Your work deserves the best, and that’s what UltraEdit has been designed to be. By making the distinguished choice to be an UltraEdit user, you’re allying yourself with a company and a likeminded community of users who are invested in your success. You’re ensuring you’ll be supported no matter what challenges lie ahead. You’re securing your work with a program that has put years into earning its trustworthy reputation. Take the first step towards becoming an UltraEdit user by starting your free trial today. Once you’ve experienced the luxury of UltraEdit, we’re confident that your search for the best world’s best text editor will finally be over.

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1. You’ll have the best tool on the market.

A master mechanic needs top-of-the-line tools to do high quality work. The same is true for technology professionals. Industry leaders rely on UltraEdit. It’s an expert-level, comprehensive program that supports all the most popular coding languages. Not only can UltraEdit handle a tough workload, its thoughtful features make your work easier. Code-folding ability makes managing large amounts of text a stress-free experience. Built-in syntax highlighting keeps users visually focused. The column mode feature allows fast and flexible work along the Y axis of any document. All this is contained in a streamlined, customizable UI. Other stand-out features of UltraEdit include:

– Built-in FTP

– Highly flexible configuration options

– Templates

– Large file editing

On the topic of working with large files, UltraEdit’s powerful ability to handle them is something that sets it apart from other text editors. If you have employees who worry about file sizes, that’s a sign you need to upgrade to a more robust program. UltraEdit can ease those worries, and turn large file editing from a headache to an easily accomplished daily task.

UltraEdit has evolved because of feedback from professional users across a variety of industries. From programmers, to pharmaceutical researchers, to database managers, UltraEdit was shaped by leaders and creatives who understand the value of using first-class software. Our user base requires the best of the best—and UltraEdit rises to the occasion.

2. You’ll get powerful utility–for everyone.

UltraEdit serves a variety of industries, but user diversity also exists at the company level. Picture this: you’re in a crossfire between die-hard Mac users in one department and Windows machines everywhere else. A few of your freelancers use Linux, and you’re struggling to keep up with the needs of so many different users. The solution? A multi-user plan with UltraEdit includes Windows, Mac, and Linux versions. The program is ready to install for your entire team.

Or maybe you’ve never put much thought into the text editor your team is using on a daily basis. Without resources or direction, some employees might turn to downloading open-source software. The problem with that is the lack of security. Those types of programs can introduce malware, which could compromise your entire operation. UltraEdit users don’t have to worry about security issues and have confidence that their work and sensitive data is secure. That’s why UltraEdit is hardened by source code analysis and security tools. We’re invested in application security to ensure our customers are protected.

You have a multifaceted business, but you don’t want to sacrifice the convenience and cost efficiency of only having to invest in one program. UltraEdit is an all-purpose tool. It is extremely customizable, so it’s perfect for the differing needs of many departments or individuals. Our users sing the praises of how personalized the UltraEdit interface can be. Your entire company can use UltraEdit. It can be optimized for specific positions, so that everyone gets exactly what they need.

3. You’ll be supported.

Investing in a product without a proper network of customer support can end up costing your business more than you anticipated. When your team doesn’t have a reliable source to turn to for the answers they need, your business can waste time and money.

In addition to a lack of security, an open-source text editor is also lacking customer support. When your employees run into an issue, there’s nowhere to turn to get a clear answer. The hidden cost of an open-source software is valuable time wasted looking for answers, and those answers aren’t guaranteed to exist. Or worse yet, say your employees do find an answer—or so they think. Unverified solutions to problems from dubious sources can even lead to lost or corrupt file data.

Fortunately, UltraEdit takes an extreme amount of pride in our support team. We’ve been assisting our users for 25 years, and are confident in our ability to answer even the most specific of questions. Access to quality support empowers your company. You can move forward with your most important work knowing that your questions will have answers. When you invest in UltraEdit, someone is always on the other side. Your license provides you with unlimited lifetime support, so no matter when your team needs help, we’re there for you.

Make sure your team can get the answers they need to do their jobs as efficiently as possible. By purchasing UltraEdit, you’re partnering with our dedicated support team. We look forward to tackling your company’s 2023 goals, together.

It’s imperative that your business has every tool it needs to succeed in the coming months. UltraEdit is the only choice to serve all the needs of multiple users in a professional setting. The access to our support team will ensure your success for years to come. Get a quote today.

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I and we at IDM are so thankful to celebrate our 25th year in development of UltraEdit and our IDM products. We have so much appreciation to you our users, some from over twenty years ago for the support that has made this possible. Without you we would not be celebrating!

When you think about how long 25 years is, it’s a long time. So much happens in that time for all of us, some good and some not so good. IDM has been a central part of my life and that’s true for many here. Yet, my life is driven more by my faith and thankfulness to God and Jesus my savior (before you quit reading, please stick with me…).

If I or any of us are to profess Christ as savior we are to love one another and show that love to others. The Bible says in John 13:34-35 – “As I have loved you, so also you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” We are being watched and judged as Christians and we should be. None of us like hypocritical behavior and our witness in our behavior and love for one another speaks much more than words alone.

Why do I bring this up? Well, with sincere thanks YOU as supporters of our products have allowed us to show love to so many locally and around the world. We have a couple at IDM that have had many foster kids, we give and support local charities and organizations, we have provided water wells in Africa, aid to kids in Haiti, the Philippines and throughout the world, help to organizations that prevent and support women that have been trafficked, disaster relief here in the USA and so much more. All of this is possible because of your support and it’s a central part of my belief and many of us here that believe that showing the love of God and Christ in action is what we are called to do.

So much of this just would not be possible if YOU had not supported our products for the last 25 years. I truly am so grateful.

Whatever you celebrate, whatever your faith, we wish you very Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.

Thank you again from all of the IDM team, may God bless you.

Ian and Team

P.S. One of the organizations we support because of their commitment to helping others in need and integrity with their finances is Convoy of Hope.

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