Linux

[Kif]

Hi, Textpad is absolutely fab and has changed my life considerably I don't know how I ever managed to live without it.

erm... any chance of a linux version ???

[Steve Hodgson]

I'd second that - have you suggested it via the feedback route as an enhancement request?

More seriously though, has anyone tried running TextPad via WINE? I tried this recently but didn't get very far before crashing and burning.

Steve

[IanM]

I am currently running TextPad 4.4.1 under wine (cvs-overnight build for 18 Oct 2001).

The WinHelp stuff doesn't work, and I haven't tried creating any tools (like a win32 version of perl).

But I can successfully open, edit, save files; use the search and replace; change many settings (tab stops, colours), create new document classes, etc.

It does hang occasionally - I get the feeling that it might have a memory leak ... it doesn't like me swapping to other virtual screens a lot.

But overall, I find it useable. Certainly better than vi or emacs

What I would really like is a stable version of TextPad for Linux which can also run Unix tools (eg gcc).

[Steve Hodgson]

But overall, I find it useable. Certainly better than vi or emacs

Heresy! Heresy! They'll come and get you if you use Linux and say these things out loud.

Steve