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lionelb: Please post the C code you have. Along with $clip, this could be a simple framework to do this "text filter" stuff without waiting for helios. Ok. It's far from perfect, though: http://lionelb.allmail.net/tpfilter.zip (let me know if that link doesn't work). How about a wrapper program ...

This is also a long-standing request:

http://www.textpad.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3773

This is a long-standing request:

http://www.textpad.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3764

Good idea to search forums before posting.

Not sure quite how relevant this is to your requirements, but you might want to look at the thread: http://www.textpad.info/forum/viewtopic ... 0&start=15

Having though a bit about the issues raised in this thread, I'd like to propose the following specific enhancements: *) Implement $Stdin and $Stdout "pseudo parameter macros" for user tools ("pseudo" because, like $Clip, they do not supply command-line arguments). $Stdin would cause cause the ...

I think this could all probably be subsumed under the "Treeview in Document Selector" request. Vote here:

http://www.textpad.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4216

ben_josephs wrote: It works from a 4NT console: Code: activate "*TextPad*" & keystack Ctrl-v so keep trying...! But this doesn't work from within a user tool. It seems to depend on how the keys are stuffed: AutoIt, which is designed for keyboard stuffing, can do it. So if you can find out AutoIt ...

TextPad doesn't have a published programmatic interface to its innards (unlike some Other Editors from Another Place). And I know nothing about climbing inside TextPad at the level of the Windows API. In fact what I tried to do was - from a tool - use standard API calls to locate and activate (i.e ...

Also, a tool in TextPad cannot paste anything into a document. Right, that would explain an unsuccessful and frustrating attempt of mine (using standard Win32 C API calls) to do precisely that. Is that documented anywhere? If it were possible to invoke user tools from a macro <gripe>why isn't it ...

As a workaround perhaps you could use the $Clip parameter. This simply copies selected text to the clipboard (it doesn't actually supply a command line argument). Your tool could then read the clipboard, munge away and paste the result straight back into the document, thereby replacing the original ...

This is a long-standing enhancement request - vote on it here: http://www.textpad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4216

Another possible source would be to install cygwin and it's toolset, the gcc and so on, then there are all sorts of windows based versions of the *nix tools on sourceforge, not sure about the compilers though. If you don't want/need the full Cygwin fucntionality, a good option is MinGW, which ships ...

This has been a long-standing enhancement request. There's a poll:

http://www.textpad.com/forum/viewtopic. ... lbar+icons

and its no. 37 on the enhancements list at last count, so don't hold your breath...

http://www.textpad.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 1&start=75

Maybe you can change your program so that it sends a Ctrl+C keystroke to the active window first? Or have it accept a command line parameter, and add $sel to your tool definition. Thanks, turns out that $Clip does the job nicely. I can strongly recommend that uou use Macro Scheduler for that and ...