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I want jeffy's design for Christmas

Yes, I realize that. But when the active document is no longer 'active' it should not count as an active document (so textpad should switch to its own directory or something).

Often I want to close a document that may have changed in the mean time. It costs an extra step because on right-click on that file I am asked whether to reload the document (that I am trying to close), I say yes or no, then I have to again select 'close'. (I don't want to have documents that have ...

Would this not overwrite your workspace file with an empty workspace

Yes, this would be most useful. I currently have to change the syntax definition file (to something arbitrary) and apply it, then change it back to the correct one and apply again. Very inconvenient and very easy to remedy.

Sounds very cool 8)

This is currently beyond my needs, but it sounds very cool 8)

YES PLEASE

MOST USEFUL

This would be real nice.

I would add the 'no extension' case :!:

There are now C++ header files without extension (courtesy of STL) that I cannot view with syntax coloring.

Similarly, often UNIX text files have no extensions (e.g. README, makefile).

Suggestion: For any given open document, being able to say "treat as ...

Yup. There is a related entry in this forum you can vote on.

I could "run" Tcl applications from the context menu

It would be great to be able to "transparently" replace the diff engine with an outside program. (I.e. all would behave the same, but the results would either be displayed in the other application - my preference - or downloaded back from it into the results window)

This would require being able ...

"BeyondCompare" is a most impressive application. I could not wait to pay for it ($30) as I used it during evaluation period :D

Suggestion for enhancement: When comparing files in PC and UNIX format, if the "contents" are the "same" Textpad indicates "identical". It should however also indicate ...