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tcebob wrote:I resolved the problem by making a copy of the file and opening it in a new window. Not very efficient but it will have to do, I gusee, until the next update.

That's a good idea to open a copy of the file. Then tile vertically.

Having just finished a clip library for Excel functions (hint, hint ) I suggest creating a clip library for entering Unicode codes. They will NOT display as Unicode characters, but you'll be able to enter them with textPad and see them with an HTML editor.

I would like to be able to add numbers in selected text (subtract negative numbers) to get a sum. WordStar is the only editor or word processor that I know which does this. Word does it only for numbers in tables. It is especially useful for numbers in columns, which would be Block Select Mode for ...

When I do a "Find in Files" (Ctrl-F5) beginning from a certain directory, all the results show only the path down from the "In folder". I would like to see the WHOLE path of the found records. I am aware that I can click on a file name to open it, but what I need is to export or copy the list of ...

In sorting, there is the option of "delete duplicate lines". I assumed that, if I specify key lengths and I do check the box of "delete duplicate lines", textpad will delete the lines with duplicate keys, but it doesn't. If I am doing something wrong, how is the right way to do it? If not, can we ...

I have the registered licenced TextPad version 4.5.0 installed on my C drive at work. If I try to upgrade to 4.7.2, I get a message 1202 "You do not have sufficient priviledges to complete this instalation for all users of the machine. Log on as administrator and then retry this installation". I ...

I have several files open, as a result of "find in files" for string1 and then "open all". Now I want to find a different string [string2] in all open files. I do "find in all documents" and Textpad tells me how many are found, but how do I go to strring2? Clicking on "Find next" "in all documents ...

Your settings are saved somewhere like:
c:\winnt\pROFILES\USER\Application Data\TextPad and are updated by the support team regularly from a general image.

Chenge them to your "personal" drive:

In TextPad:
Configure | preferences | Folders
and change them.

I have a similar problem with syntax highlighting for SAS. In SAS, an asterisk can be a multiplication operator and a comment starting character. TextPad can't recognize both, and I have to live with it. For example: a = b * c; * This is a comment; The first asterisk shows multiplication, the second ...

In version 4.7.1:

When I change the colours in Preferences, the name of the colour Fuchsia appears as Fuschia. Of course, it shouldn't

And, if we are on the topic of replacing in...

I would like to do a "Replace in bookmarked lines" too.

Oops, the Find What should be:
; \x2a[:a-z:]

I need to change in many SAS programs one-asterisk comments with two-asterisk comments and insert a space after the second asterisk. The comments are following a semicolon. Example, the following line: data a; *create data a; shuld change into: data a; ** create data a; I figured out: Find What ...

It's very important. Many times I needed to find a certain character in a column or in a marked block.

I would like to be able to specify the path/directory of the syntax definition file.

Why? Because, as a user, I don't have write authority to my C: drive, and so I can't modify it. If I could put it in a directory where I have write access, I could edit it.