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by IconMatrix
Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: replace with regular expressions
Replies: 4
Views: 1241

To tackle your original problem: Search For: ST2('SomeText-01a') And replace it with: ST2(this.id) The regular expression needs to eat everything between the literal brackets: ST2\([^)]+\) so everything that was matched can be replaced with: ST2(this.id) Most Excellent! 358 Big Thank Yous in about ...
by IconMatrix
Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: replace with regular expressions
Replies: 4
Views: 1241

Is This Replacement Possible?

I'm new at figuring out replacement expressions so any help getting me going with this would be most appreciated. I've tried a bunch of things in the help files, but there isn't much on how to combine regular expressions with segments of existing code to identify where to start and stop the regex ...
by IconMatrix
Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: Click brings to foreground but doesn't place cursor
Replies: 6
Views: 562

IconMatrix: thanks for your clear exposition of the problem. TextPad mimics the behaviour of MS Word, when clicking a document to activate the application and "Use Microsoft conventions for mouse click selection" is checked. The principle is to preserve the current cursor and selection position, no ...
by IconMatrix
Sat Apr 06, 2013 2:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: Click brings to foreground but doesn't place cursor
Replies: 6
Views: 562

Enable Instant Focus When Switching Between Documents

Version: 6.2.2 32 Bit OS: Win7 Ultimate SP1 I've tried the suggestions here and a few others and cannot get TextPad to focus instantly on returning to the TextPad window. Example: When TextPad is configured not to allow multiple instances to run so that all View Source commands open the files in ...
by IconMatrix
Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TextPad 6.1 is released
Replies: 10
Views: 2000

TextPad 6

I've used the trial versions a lot over the years and it has always been the best even with the few issues it has had. I've tried all the free editors and I just don't like them as much. TextPad has probably saved me hundreds of hours of work compared to simple text editors like Notepad. So I'm glad ...