Start Without Document Selector

[Steve Green]

When I start TextPad it always shows me the Doicument Selector and Clip Library. I can shut them off, but they're always back the next time I start the program. Is there any way to get the program to start without them?

[Ed]

Yo can save your workspace with:-
file/workspace/save
and "reload last workspace at startup" under
configure preferences

This not only saves the clip library and file selector presence/absence but the entire state of TextPad. Perhaps this is more than you want?

[joelmw]

It drives me crazy. Every time I open up TextPad on a particular machine (it's Terminal Services and I have the problem under more than one account), I have to re-open the document selector. I've been using TextPad for close to ten years now and I don't recall having this problem before.

I understand that automatically reloading the last workspace should correct it, but it just feels wrong and I believe that there must be a better way. Moreover, some of my workspaces contain large files that take a while to reload; I don't want to have to remember to load a "small" workspace every time I exit and I don't think I should be penalized by having to wait on the large one if that's not what I'm working on.

Finally--and maybe there's a clue here for the person who figures this problem out--I'm having the problem even when I specifically open a workspace. That is, I have the document selector open when I save the workspace, but when I go to reload it, the selector isn't there anymore and I have to choose it from the menu. This makes me think that automatically opening the last workspace won't help anyway.

Thanks for any insight.

[joelmw]

FYI: loading the last workspace didn't help. Again, I'm guessing there's a clue in that. Sorry I didn't check before my previous post.

In any case, the problem is still there. I guess I might try searching the forum under workspace issues . . . Still eager for any suggestions.

[mo]

Close all instances of TextPad.

Open an instance of TextPad and set up the View the way you want it.

Exit via the menu.

Workspaces will open as per this last setup.

If you open a single instance at a later time and change the setup the layout will change accordingly.