> None of the others do enough of what I want for me
> to consider them.
Ok, lets see how the Zeus IDE compares.
> - good FTP interface
Zeus can do seamless FTP/SFTP editing. There is a known bug with SFTP cipher logons but that will be fixed shortly
> - context sensitive help (ie link to PHP help, etc).
Zeus can be easily configured to do this:
http://www.zeusedit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9
> - multi-language colour coding
Zeus does this and the highlighting is also fully configurable.
> - tag editor (not essential, but very useful)
I am not sure what you mean by this but Zeus integrates with ctags. It also has code templates
> - code beautifer (must be multilangage capable ie HTML/PHP)
Only via HTML tidy or other external tools.
> - code explorer (ie list PHP functions)
Zeus will display the ctags information in a class browser tree.
> - bracket matching/highlighting (essential!!)
Zeus does this. It also deos PHP code folding
Jussi Jumppanen
Author: Zeus for Windows IDE
http://www.zeusedit.com