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It's probably too late to be of use by now, but FWIW, I'd change all of the /i to <i>. Then, I'd create a short macro that
searched for <i>
searched for <i>
moved one character to the right
inserted /
That is, it would insert a / in every other <i>

They can? I guess I solved it then! Thanks. I've been looking for information about how to do that in the help file, without success. Can you tell me what entry I should be looking at? Added in Edit: I see! I hadn't defined any permanent macros, yet. I just did now and it appears in the Macro list ...

It's a shame macros can't be assigned to keys. It seems fair to say that you'd know whether WordWrap was on. In that case, a macro (WordWrapOff,Home,WordWrapOn) would do it for you. Added in edit: Here's what I'd do as a work around: Home followed by Ctrl-RightArrow, but I'm guessing you've already ...

I'm puzzled. How is the macro/script supposed to know which old name to attach to which new file? Otherwise, it sounds like you've got a typical folder synchronization problem. There are many excellent tools out there such as Total Commander that might be able to solve it for you.

HTH

--BriAnn

Keith, Thanks for the pointers. I'm comfortable with Windows Apps. I can and do use them, but there are some DOS programs I prefer nonetheless. There are some Windows standards, but they're not always honored. Will paste be Crtl-V or Shft-Ins? Will Crtl-Bksp delete the word to the left of the cursor ...

Press Insert key to go to Overwrite mode, paste. Well, duh! I guess I am that blond. All I can think of is a macro using Fill Block with "replace" ticked and assigning that macro to a keyboard shortcut. Cute. That's a variant of my insert spaces discovery. The "replace" radio button hadn't ...

Please forgive me. There's nothing worse than someone who keeps asking why doesn't program X work like program Y. I'm afraid I'll probably be guilty of it more than a few times as I migrate to TP after 20 years with PC-Write (yes, the DOS text editor). This question is about blocks. I see that when ...

Thanks everyone. As much as I'd like to continue using DOS tools, it looks like XP has really made that impractical. TextPad is my new text processor. Directory Magic will be replaced by either Servant Salamander or Total Commander. (I still can't make up my mind.) I've got a new RAM disk. I suspect ...

I still like Directory Magic, despite having to use short filenames because it's so efficient. I'd look at StS (maybe I should; DM crawls under the XP emulator) but I'm afraid that my task is to now find Windows tools. I have no great love of DOS, but I dislike Windows because its GUI is so in ...

Apology accepted. Now to register my copy and start see if I can tuen TextPad into a PC-Write look alike. It's not the money, not that I've got it to throw away, but $27 isn't exactly a huge investment. It's the time. I'd hate to spend weeks only to decide it isn't feasible. I'd pay $200 for a ...

Well, Jeffy, I don't know you or Bob Hansen and I admit I don't know the culture of the board which might make such a response appropriate. However, anyone who knew Bob Wallace or had the opportunity to work with him will be saddened when they hear the news of his death. When he was active, he was ...

I am so sorry to hear that Bob passed away. He will always be one of the greats. I've been using PCW (and beta testing) since version 2.3. As a beta tester, I learned the program as well as anyone. It's an amazing piece of work that can still run rings around most word processors. Many of you ...

Hi. This is my first post. Now that it's all but impossible to get a recent PC with an operating system that has a "real" version of DOS, I find that moving to XP will force me to give up PC-Write as my main text editor. I used it for everything! I use block copying a lot and barely a day goes by ...