Looking for some good alternatives for W*nd*ws programs

[adi.coman at gmail.com (Adrian Coman)]

>>>- Ultraedit (!!! very important !!!) - vi is cool for terminal stuff,
>>>but for programming etc. I prefer Ultraedit (column mode, multiple
>>>windows, replace in files, regular expressions, etc.).
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NEdit has all these features you mentioned, and more.

>>>- Jasc Paint Shop Pro, or Adobe Photoshop - often The Gimp is
>>>mentioned, but is it really as powerful? I particularly like PSP (as I
>>>think it's more intuitive than PS), but over here at work we also use
>>>PS a lot... I fear this may be one of the very few remaining reasons
>>>to keep W*nd*ws at all on the 2nd drive...:(
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Yes, Gimp is very powerfull. You can also find an Adobe Photoshop like 
skin for Gimp to ease your migration. I forgot the name of that skin 
though ... :(