UltraEdit (www.ultraedit.com) is recommended as the text editor for TUFLOW text files. UltraEdit has many excellent features, of which a few are noted here:
A file “Wordfile.txt” is provided with TUFLOW in the UltraEdit folder. Replace the equivalent file in the UltraEdit installation folder (typically “C:\Program Files\UltraEdit”) with the one provided with TUFLOW. UltraEdit will now colour code TUFLOW text files. (Note: If you have modified the UltraEdit Wordfile.txt file for your own purposes, you will have to merge the two files.) You can change the colours in UltraEdit via Advanced, Configuration, Syntax Highlighting menus.
UltraEdit has a very useful feature that allows opening of a file that is specified in the active text file. Place the pointer anywhere over the text of the file you wish to open and click the right mouse button. The top menu item on the pop-up menu will open the file.
TUFLOW simulations may be initiated from UltraEdit (see Section 4.4).
