Confused about version numbers

ineuw · Post by **ineuw** » Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:54 am

I am happy with any version number because they all work well, and meet my needs.

But, I wonder that I downloaded version 8.90 a year ago and now, the download list is 8.12.

I am just curious, like the proverbial cat.

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Mon Jun 20, 2022 9:47 am

I suspect that you downloaded version 8.9 a year ago, not version 8.90.

ineuw · Post by **ineuw** » Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:56 pm

Apologies. I assumed seeing periods where they were none. Inattention does have its drawbacks.

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Post by **AmigoJack** » Mon Jun 20, 2022 6:29 pm

This is impossible, because as of 2021-09-25 you still stated to use 8.8.0, which is not one year ago and not 8.9.0. The version 8.9.0 is available since 2021-10-07 - the "News" page will also tell you all other versions with dates, so you can check yourself there has never been a "90".

ineuw · Post by **ineuw** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 5:51 am

AmigoJack wrote:This is impossible, because as of 2021-09-25 you still stated to use 8.8.0, which is not one year ago and not 8.9.0. The version 8.9.0 is available since 2021-10-07 - the "News" page will also tell you all other versions with dates, so you can check yourself there has never been a "90".

@AmigoJack, you are wasting your energies on my inattentive state of mind. Add to that, my impatience and the small print.

I make a lot of mistakes, and not just here. It's time for TextPad to increase their website font sizes. Also, let me clear up a possible confusion as to why I have two registered versions.

I am dual booting between Windows 10 and Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3 where I installed TextPad and Irfanview in Wine. I am leaving Windows and gradually converting my data drives to ext4 where these Wine installations function just as well.

That is how I discovered the different versions, but did not pay close attention to the version segments.

I can't give up TextPad and Irfanview. These are fundamental to my editing work on Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikisource.

There is no such a thing as a Linux text editor. There are plenty of code editors, and I tried them all. Some offer one or two of TP's features but they lack the intuition that is inherent in TextPad and Irfanview.