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by Britt
Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Textpad v8.0.0 not opening,on my Windows XP.
Replies: 2
Views: 450

See http://www.textpad.com/support/relnotes.html#v800

It says support for Windows XP has been dropped in TP 8.0.
by Britt
Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: Textpad is installing in Program Files (x86) instead of Prog
Replies: 1
Views: 339

Re: Textpad is installing in Program Files (x86) instead of

Should Textpad be installed in my 32 bit program folder or my regular Program folder. Or am I wrong about the (x86) folder being for 32 bit programs? On 64-bit versions of Windows, C:\Program Files is used for 64-bit applications, while C:\Program Files (x86) is used for 32-bit applications like Te...
by Britt
Tue May 31, 2011 7:31 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: maximum characters per line
Replies: 1
Views: 330

Re: maximum characters per line

I would like to have the possibility to place a vertical line on screen, so that I can see if I am exceeding my defined maximum characters per line for that document class. This is my most wanted enhancement as well. As a crude substitute, you can enable line number display and then enable "wo...
by Britt
Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TextPad vs. UltraEdit: arguments for TextPad
Replies: 11
Views: 2078

I use both UltraEdit (v16.20) and TextPad (v4.73) at work. UltraEdit is the corporate standard but I got the company to buy me a TextPad license. UltraEdit has far more "bells & whistles", but TextPad has all the essential features. I stick with TextPad because it has a much better org...
by Britt
Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TextPad 4.73 on Windows 7?
Replies: 0
Views: 197

TextPad 4.73 on Windows 7?

Can anyone here confirm if TextPad 4.73 will work on Windows 7 (32-bit)? I'd prefer to stay with 4.73 because "It Just Works".

- Britt
by Britt
Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TP Superior to UE
Replies: 1
Views: 360

We also use UE v15 as the company standard general purpose text editor, but I was able to buy and still use a copy of TP v4.73.

UE has a lot of useful features, particularly in recent versions, but the default menu organization is still an absolute mess.
by Britt
Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Finally!!! Upgraded from 4.7 to 5.3
Replies: 12
Views: 3185

I downloaded version 5.3 to look it over. It's still missing the "Word wrap cut-off indicator" (e.g. vertical line in user specified column). Until TextPad gets this basic feature that almost every other editor has, I'll just stick with version 4.7.3.

- Britt
by Britt
Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Helpfiles don't show
Replies: 6
Views: 600

Re: Helpfiles don't show

I assume your P: drive is a non-local (network) drive. A Microsoft security patch broke this help feature for several applications, not just TextPad. See http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.vstudio.helpauthoring&tid=3f6dfd76-b37f-4ea6-b5f8-baa9d...
by Britt
Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:39 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: column indicator / horizontal ruler
Replies: 10
Views: 1785

Workaround for lack of Column indicator

Other than editable macros, a column (right margin) indicator is what I miss most in TextPad. I still use version 4.7.3. As a workaround, I set the "word break at column number" preference to 80 and then activate word wrap. If I type past column 80 I get an immediate visual indication that...
by Britt
Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: Zero vs Oh
Replies: 7
Views: 620

Take a look at the "Consolas" font from Microsoft. Should come bundled with the new VisualStudio releases (2005 and 2008, the "express" ones should do) and maybe with Vista. Yes, Consolas is very good, but mostly on LCD monitors with ClearType font smoothing turned on. It provid...
by Britt
Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:18 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: Hexidecimal sequence in replacement expressions
Replies: 0
Views: 137

Hexidecimal sequence in replacement expressions

I would like to be able to specify hexidecimal, octal, and binary sequence numbers in TextPad replacement expressions.

For example, \i(0,FF,16) or \i(0,FF, hex) should result in a 0, 1, 2 ... FD, FE, FF set of sequence numbers.

Is something like this available in any flavor to RegExp?

Britt