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Suppose you do a "Search all files" and get a list of search results (file/line numbers or file/number of matches) When you double click on each search result line, Textpad automatically opens that match (and queues the cursor to that line) I'd like to save search results in a "search...

This post applies to a cygwin environment or a bash on Windows setup. # Textpad function # Pass in a UNIX path # Starts textpad given a UNIX path argument function textpad() { local textpadUnixPath="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/TextPad 5/TextPad.exe" local textpadArgPath=`cygpath -w -a "...

First install WinCVS, CVSNT Start Textpad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To create "Cvs update to latest" tool Configure->Preferences Tools Create a new tool Add -> Program Command: C:\Program Files\cvsnt\cvs.exe Parameters: -r update -P -- "$...

First install Cygwin / grep / awk / ctags Start Textpad Configure->Preferences Tools Create a new tool Add -> Program Command: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Parameters: -i -c "ctags -x -R | grep ^'$Sel ' | awk '{print $4,$3}'" [x] Capture output [x] Sound alert when completed Regular expression t...

Speaking as a C/C++ Win32 developer who has worked on porting apps to different systems, I think it is fair to say that in porting to Linux, the Helios team would run into several difficulties. First, if the code base of Textpad seems to be C/C++ with Win32/MFC calls, perhaps compiled in Visual Stud...

Code folding is a bad idea: I need to go through another step to see inside nested code blocks. Why should I do that? All of the "modern" text editors have this "feature". If any feature should be added to Textpad, I'd go old school and recommend ctags-like keyword hyper-linking....

Command: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Parameters: -i -c "ctags -x -R | grep ^'$Sel ' | awk '{print $4,$3}'"

[x] Capture output
[x] Sound alert when completed

Regular expression to match output:
^([^ ]+) ([0-9]+)

Registers:
File: 1 Line: 2

Is there any way to scroll with the keyboard, without losing my selection? I noticed that in TextPad Keystroke compatibility mode I can select some text, leave it selected and proceed to scroll up and down (Up/Down keys) while the Ctrl key is pressed down. The Textpad behaviour you describe is not c...

Suppose the Minimize to Taskbar Status Area Checkbox is checked (in Preferences, General, Minimize to Taskbar Status Area Checkbox). Suppose I'm running a Textpad instance. Suppose I minimize that instance of Textpad to the Taskbar Status area. When I try to restore it by single left-clicking on th...

There are several ways to scroll without losing the selection in textpad. 0. Select the text, Press Scroll Lock and use the Page Up/Down buttons to scroll up and down. 1. Use the mouse wheel (logitech or MS mice have this) to scroll up or down. 2. Create a horizontal split window and scroll around i...

Recently upgraded from textpad 4.7.3 to Textpad 5.3.1 Like in 5.3.1: --------------- Replace Notepad Checkbox in preferences. This should have been around sice the beginning. I don't know how many times I've double clicked on a file only for it to open in Notepad. I know that I could have changed th...

I tried another text editor and it had the option of turning on Local Revision History (saved locally) for each file. This is a super useful feature since I have to save each iteration of a file I work on as file1.ext file2.ext file3.ext ... to keep history, or worse, I have to turn in each revision...

Would you like to import / export Textpad settings to an XML config file?

XML is a good idea as it mirrors the n-tier hierarchical structure of Textpad settings (as opposed to flat INI files which are just a flat collection of variable value pairs) Configure->Preferences in Textpad has categories on the left and settings (data entry fields/checkboxes/other form elements e...

The registry export / import batch scripts do not work when moving from Windows 2000 to Windows XP. Instead of using the registry to store current settings, why not use one or more .ini files or human readable settings text files? The mail client Eudora does this and it is wonderful when it comes to...