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I'm not quite sure why you are having problems but I've posted a complete syntax definition file I created for reference. Have you created a file association between the required file type and the syntax file? ; TextPad syntax definitions for ATLAS C=1 [Syntax] Namespace1 = 4 IgnoreCase = No ...

Getting more serious... I suppose it may be possible that this version of TextPad renders text differently and uses Windows' clear type (anti-aliasing) more than the old version. Heavier text might suggest this to me. Does TextPad 6.x look similar to Notepad's rendering of Courier? You could maybe ...

jaz wrote:I'm very sensitive to fonts

And you use Courier?

TextPad is, for many of us, what a hammer* is to a carpenter. Sure, there are other brands of hammers, but TextPad is the only one that feels good in the hand. Too bad it can't be used with 2½ or 4 inch nails, nor on drywall or outdoors... :) "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is ...

If the Textpad developers don't respond (and I fully expect them not to respond), then the Kickstarter fund could be used to implement a Textpad replacement with all the basics of Textpad, but open-source and actively developed by the community. Something has to change, because 6.0 is too little ...

There are limits to what TextPad can accomplish with non-English characters. The following from the help file may be relevant: it is only possible to edit, without data loss, files containing characters from the implied code page. Other characters will be converted into a system default character ...

Looking at it again I agree. The 'l' is also very distinctive and doesn't match any of my usual fixed width fonts.

Edit: The best match I've come up with so far is Letter Gothic:

I think the font that's used there is likely to be Pragmata Pro.

Built-in support for 'Solarized' themes would be a nice way to achieve this.

On windows, to avoid promoting competitive products, it's probably best to just say that my requirements include Unicode.

Steve, I see in your tag you advertise running TP 5.3.0 on XP2; is there a reason your not using TP 5.4.2 on XP3? None of my business really, but since you were discussing product updates, I wondered. Thanks for pointing that out. I've updated the signature to show where I am today. The reason that ...

Like many long-term TextPad users I would also be interested in this but I don't think we have a right to future updates. In an environment where Helios won't make statements on future versions, users requiring a feature that is not currently provided are free to look elsewhere.

I'm not actually sure a Mac version of TextPad would translate well to the Mac platform. I'm certain it could be done but it would require a significant amount of re-engineering and I'm not sure Helios are operating in that space. Mac text editors tend to adopt a very different aesthetic in my ...

I was wondering if a new version with improvement is coming. Does someone have a hint? I think Helios’ policy is that they won’t comment on future releases and the beta testers (if there are any) will be under an NDA. With those restrictions, all we can do is speculate which is great fun but pro ...

You need to create a syntax file (*.syn) associated with the file type and then add keywords that you want to be coloured. You may need to create a new document class for the file types. As an example here's part of a file I created for the ATLAS language: [Keywords 4] REQUIRE, DECLARE, DEFINE, IF ...