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Sure it would be nice if Helios would rewrite the program to use UTF8 natively but in the meantime, it is still better for me than Notepad++. There are simpler solutions than using UTF8 natively, such as using UTF32 natively, as explained in the long-running thread .
Notepad++ does all that and ...

Does this version FINALLY support Unicode?

Thanks for the heads up. I couldn't find what I was asking searching.

So it's not truly unique savy. Bummer.
TextPad doesn't support Unicode. We've been asking for it for years but Helios refuse to answer us. See
http://forums.textpad.com/viewtopic.php?t=4777
http://forums.textpad.com/viewtopic ...

guess wrote:how do i get textpad to use utf-8 or unicode?

You don't.

TextPad doesn't support Unicode. Many of us have campaigned, so far unsuccessfully, for Helios to get out of the dark ages.

Unicode yet again - when and how it should be approached

Unicode Conformance

Nice try. Now tell us when we're going to have a TextPad that supports Unicode.

Incidentally, not even the bug I reported in October 2008 that adds insult to this injury has been fixed.

A more general answer: Use syntax definition files.

You can either use any of the syntax definition files that come with TextPad, download others or create your own. Look up "syntax" in TextPad's help.

A word of warning: Last time I knew, TextPad didn't support two of D's features: nested comments ...

Probably not before TextPad supports Unicode.

Thanks for pointing this out - I've done this, and just received an acknowledgement from them.

The English (UK) dictionary erroneously includes a few American spellings, and fails to list the British equivalents.

The two I've found so far are "canceling" instead of "cancelling", and "math" instead of "maths".

In the HTML Tags clip library, the Applet clip includes the completely inappropriate LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT attribute.

Firstly, applets are written in Java, not JavaScript.

Secondly, the language attribute is not applicable to the <applet> tag.

We seem to be missing a 'Bug Reports' forum - people are variously submitting them in 'General' or 'Enhancement Suggestions'.

Well, here's my contribution to the TextPad bug list:

1. When saving a file, it frequently adds line breaks to the end, leading to my HTML pages ending in several blank ...