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If B is a Windows file system shortcut to A , and I edit B , TextPad reads in A , and when it writes, it writes the changed text to a new file, B , that overwrites the shortcut, resulting in two different files -- B & A . :cry: The earlier version did not do this. Thanks for your attention to this ...

TextPad is dandy. I use it all the time.

But, you need the right tool for the job!

Since you seem to understand regex:

Try Cygwin/gawk, Perl. http://Cygwin.com :

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

Windows cannot find <full-dir-path>/<file-core-name>.txt in TextPad 5.0 To fix this problem: Explorer / Tools / Folder Options / File Types / Extension / Select: TXT -- Text Document: Delete / YES / Close Make sure that Text Documents are defined the way you want in TextPad, and TextPad will take ...

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Idea: Macros invokable from the command line by name are my first priority; even before editing of macros, because this allows TextPad to be invoked as a raft of tools not just the spiffy programmer's editor that it is. [/b]

... Actually, you answered the question about why Perl is not your choice, which I didn't ask. Even then there was lots of generalities, no specifics. VB sux. It's proprietary; it's tied to a single platform and environment. Python is a good and truly elegant OO language. Moreover, it supports ...

Also Perl is not "a good scripting language". It's a scripting language, but not a good one:-)

Okay Ace, what's a good scripting language? & Why, hotshot?

Here's the things I want to see for a version of TextPad: + Better macro support . Agreed! :-) + Scripted macro support. Agreed! :-) + Intelligent Autocomplete. Agreed! :-) + Ability to change the tool icons. Okay + Plugins + free developer SDK for free tools. :-? A good scripting language, like ...