Linux question, GUI "lightweight" text editors

[Jack]

--- "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO" wrote:
> ...
> Why don't you start by telling us which editors
> you've tried, that don't
> fit the bill.  Make it a list and save us the
> multiplicity of emails
> that say, "you can do all this with
> vi/vim/emacs/gedit/kate/beaver/Ted/kedit."   Yes, I
> said Beaver.  And it
> has  syntax highlighting.  :-) 
> http://www.nongnu.org/beaver/index.html
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org 
> >On Behalf Of Jack
> >
> >For those out there familiar with UltraEdit in
> Windows, I have 
> >a questioon. Is there a single Linux Editor that
> has most if 
> >not all the features of UltraEdit?
> >
> 
> >
> >Partial list of functions:
> >
> >column or line text selection/editing,
> >search with regular expressions,
> >display/edit in hex,
> >search in a directory tree for a string returning
> all lines 
> >found with filename and line number and line of
> text, replace 
> >in a directory tree a string, use special
> keystrokes in above 
> >two features to search and or replace or add
> nonprinting 
> >characters (e.g.
> >newline),
> >syntax highlighting,
> >custom syntax definitions,
> >word count,
> >file position display (line and column), macros,
> line sorting, 
> >data conversion (e.g. ASCII -> EBCDIC), etc.
> >

I haven't tried beaver.
You can't do this in vi/vim/emacs/gedit/kate/kedit.
At least not that I have seen. 

While I'm at it, let me add some requirements.
It has to run as a GUI editor, and the features have
to be incorporated into the editor as one of the
following:
a) by a pulldown/popup menu item,
b) a setup option, or
c) a checkbox on a dialog.

This means the feature has to be easily found and
implemented by the editor, i.e. no learning curve
to speak of. Now if these features are included in
kate or gedit then they must be hard to find. Sure
they have some of the features of UltraEdit, but not 
some of the more powerful. I couldn't tell you all 
the editors I've tried. I've tried all the ones you 
listed except beaver. I have no doubt that emacs can
do all the things I asked for and more, but not via a
menu or setup or checkbox click. While I will confess 
that keyboard shortcuts are far faster than using the
mouse, they are useless unless you can remember them
or access them quickly. But even keyboard shortcuts
are slower than set and forget "preferences" or
"settings". 
Does this narrow your list Brian?

Thanks,
Brian JD