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Your suggestion would force EVERY COM file to not be considered binary. That is overkill. When I want to look at a windows COM file, I'd have to change it back first. Maybe a command line parameter like:
... -x=txt
means treat like a .txt file!

I edit VMS command files on my PC. They have the extension .COM. I don't want to edit them as binary but as ascii text. There is no switch that will let me do this. I don't see any way to change the view after it is open either. Some option is desirable.

The only wrinkle is that the search results and tool window now appear in the window list and not automatically docked at the bottom. Kind of like "Whack-a-mole!"

/sra

I don't use the tool window very much but would like to ALWAYS start Textpad with it closed - even if I left it open the last time I used it. Any ideas?

That requires that I open TextPad and then use file->open

I actually have a batch file (tp.bat) that has the line

start c:\progra~1\textpa~1\textpad.exe %*

Hence, at the command line, I'd like to:
tp -z icw.com

I use command line extensively.

I have to edit VMS files (what's that you say?) and I'd like to use my PC. One of the file types is a command file (BAT) but its extension is COM. If I try to open it, it is shown in hex dump mode. How about adding a command line switch that says this file is ASCII and to treat it that way? I'm at a ...