Workspace and multiple instances enhancements

[grazzah]

Hi,

When using Textpad, it is often over a samba connection to a Unix box. I therefore need to login to samba through Windows explorer before I have access to these files. If I save my open files in a workspace on the Desktop and then subsequently open the workspace before logging onto samba, Textpad removes all the files from the workspace and saves it (so I cannot recover the workspace). Obviously when there are a lot of files in the workspace this can be pretty annoying.

Secondly, I have the "Allow multiple instances to run" option turned off. This works great especially when opting multiple files at the same time, but sometimes I really want a second instance of Textpad to run to work on something else in parallel. Some way of forcing a second instance to start would be fantastic (this did seem to be possible in an older version - 4.5 I think).

Lastly, I have seen many users request an enhancement for outlining (folding). I think this bould be a fantastic enhancement (collapsing between curly braces would be a good start)

Many thanks

[ben_josephs]

If I ... open the workspace before logging onto samba, Textpad removes all the files from the workspace and saves it

It doesn't save the workspace immediately. To preserve it in its original state, close it explicitly:
File | Workspace | Close
When it says "Do you want to save changes to the workspace?", say No.

[grazzah]

Thanks for the reply.

Suprised I never tried that!! It does exactly what you say, although it would be better if it simply highlighted unloaded files in the Document Selector.