Very thorough, and I agree.
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Oh, UltraEdit, it's the one I've been using for ages. I thought I was the only one to use it, my colleagues at work are more into TextPad.

Though I like UltraEdit, I have been using TextPad for a very long time. Habits can't easily be given up. A friend of mine has been using NoteTabPro for seven years and nobody can dare to face his wrath by recommending him another text editor.

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I just love the highly configurability and customizabality of UltraEdit/Studio.
Find&replace text in multiple files, column editing mode, unlimited undo's, tabs, syntax highlighting, autocompletion, autobackup, direct editing on ftp, tools, macro's, scripting,... .
It has everything I want&need & even more (except a clipmarks mode ).