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Sep 2013 21

Review of Zeus Edit

Zeus Edit Review

Basic Info:

App Name	Zeus for Windows Programmer's Editor
App URL	http://www.zeusedit.com/
App Version Reviewed	3.97o 32-bit
Test System Specs	Windows 7 64-bit/Visual Studio 2010
Supported OSes	Windows XP/Vista/7 32-bit and 64-bit/8 32-bit and 64-bit
Support Methods	E-mail, FAQ, Forums
Pricing Scheme	$89.95 - A lite version is also available for gratis
Trial Version Available?	Yes, 45-day no limitations.
Upgrade Policy	Point in time upgrade scheme, detailed below by the developer. 45% discount available for further upgrades.
Reviewer Donation Link	wraith808

Introduction
Zeus is billed as a programmer's editor, but that is selling it short. It is a text based IDE in the vein of SlickEdit and UltraEdit Studio. It is fully scriptable, keyboard centric, fully customizable, and includes throwbacks to hardcore programming like Brief, WordStar, Epsilon, and Emacs keyboard emulation. It supports visual studio solutions (in addition to it's own workspace format), has built in source control integration for Subversion and TFS, and a variety of other features. In fact, there are so many features, that I'm going to have to break this review up into separate parts.

Review Notes
Many people swear by Visual Studio as an IDE, and I do like what Microsoft has done with it. But it takes a while to start up, uses a lot of memory, and is prone to crashes. I love SlickEdit, but over time, I've had to pare down, and I just haven't been able to justify the extravagant expense to use such an editor. So, I've stuck with Visual Studio, and just used text editors to support it. I discovered Zeus, and the price is right, and the feature set is right- I'm just hoping that it lives up to the hype on the site.

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