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Suppose you do a "Search all files" and get a list of search results
(file/line numbers or file/number of matches)

When you double click on each search result line, Textpad
automatically opens that match (and queues the cursor to
that line)

I'd like to save search results in a "search results ...

This post applies to a cygwin environment or a bash on Windows setup.

# Textpad function
# Pass in a UNIX path
# Starts textpad given a UNIX path argument
function textpad() {
local textpadUnixPath="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/TextPad 5/TextPad.exe"
local textpadArgPath=`cygpath -w -a ...

First install WinCVS, CVSNT
Start Textpad

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To create "Cvs update to latest" tool

Configure->Preferences
Tools
Create a new tool
Add -> Program

Command: C:\Program Files\cvsnt\cvs.exe
Parameters: -r update -P ...

First install Cygwin / grep / awk / ctags

Start Textpad
Configure->Preferences
Tools
Create a new tool
Add -> Program

Command: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Parameters: -i -c "ctags -x -R | grep ^'$Sel ' | awk '{print $4,$3}'"

[x] Capture output
[x] Sound alert when completed

Regular expression to ...

Speaking as a C/C++ Win32 developer who has worked on
porting apps to different systems, I think it is fair to say that
in porting to Linux, the Helios team would run into several
difficulties. First, if the code base of Textpad seems to be
C/C++ with Win32/MFC calls, perhaps compiled in Visual ...

Code folding is a bad idea:
I need to go through another step to see inside nested code blocks.
Why should I do that?

All of the "modern" text editors have this "feature".

If any feature should be added to Textpad, I'd go old school
and recommend ctags-like keyword hyper-linking.

Ctags is a ...

Command: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Parameters: -i -c "ctags -x -R | grep ^'$Sel ' | awk '{print $4,$3}'"

[x] Capture output
[x] Sound alert when completed

Regular expression to match output:
^([^ ]+) ([0-9]+)

Registers:
File: 1 Line: 2

Is there any way to scroll with the keyboard, without losing my selection?

I noticed that in TextPad Keystroke compatibility mode I can
select some text, leave it selected and proceed to scroll up and
down (Up/Down keys) while the Ctrl key is pressed down.

The Textpad behaviour you describe is ...

Suppose the Minimize to Taskbar Status Area Checkbox is checked (in Preferences, General, Minimize to Taskbar Status Area Checkbox).

Suppose I'm running a Textpad instance.

Suppose I minimize that instance of Textpad to the Taskbar Status area.

When I try to restore it by single left-clicking ...

There are several ways to scroll without losing the selection in textpad.

0. Select the text, Press Scroll Lock and use the Page Up/Down buttons to scroll up and down.
1. Use the mouse wheel (logitech or MS mice have this) to scroll up or down.
2. Create a horizontal split window and scroll around ...

Recently upgraded from textpad 4.7.3 to Textpad 5.3.1

Like in 5.3.1:
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Replace Notepad Checkbox in preferences.
This should have been around sice the beginning.
I don't know how many times I've double clicked on a
file only for it to open in Notepad. I know that I could
have changed ...

I tried another text editor and it had the option of turning on
Local Revision History (saved locally) for each file. This is a
super useful feature since I have to save each iteration of a
file I work on as
file1.ext
file2.ext
file3.ext
...
to keep history, or worse, I have to turn in each ...

Would you like to import / export Textpad settings to an XML config file?

XML is a good idea as it mirrors the n-tier hierarchical
structure of Textpad settings (as opposed to flat INI files
which are just a flat collection of variable value pairs)

Configure->Preferences in Textpad has categories on the left
and settings (data entry fields/checkboxes/other form elements ...

The registry export / import batch scripts do not work when
moving from Windows 2000 to Windows XP.

Instead of using the registry to store current settings,
why not use one or more .ini files or human readable
settings text files?

The mail client Eudora does this and it is wonderful when
it comes ...