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I use TextPad for practically all of my programming and especially web programming. However, a lot of my work is ASP/ASPX which requires the pages be served, not just viewed. While it is nice that TextPad has entries for 'WWW IP Address' and 'WWW Root Folder' (under the Folders preference entry) that allow pages opened in the latter to be browsed via the former, the problem is that only accomodates a single site mapping. In my case, I routinely use about twelve different web server/site combinations so I have to manually open my browser and navigate to the relevant page that I'm editing.

The easiest fix to this problem is to allow multiple directory-site mappings similar to the way Dreamweaver does. You specify a physical directory, then you specify it's associated web-based URL that will be substituted for the directory before being handed off to your browser. Essentially this is multiple 'WWW IP Address' and 'WWW Root Folder' mapping pairs.

Also, for organizational sake, this really should have it's own entry under the Preferences tree rather than in the Folders section. (I can see how some may think they are related, but they definitely perform two different functions.)

Let me know what you think.

Mark

P.S. Forgive me if anyone else has already suggested this. I only had a minute and just joined the forum to post this so I haven't had a chance to look around yet. When I get time, I most certainly will.

This feature (multiple mappings) was my most frequently used feature in Macromedia HomeSite. I would love to have that functionality back in TextPad form.

I know! In a way, considering how excellent TextPad is right across the board in practically every other way, I'm actually a little surprised this wasn't a feature from the start! I mean it *is* a programmers editor, not just a over-hyped notepad, right?

The only other glaring omission that I can say also seems to be generating a lot of buzz here too--editable macros! You don't know how many times I've had to re-record macros because I screwed up one of the steps. But this is really for a different thread. I'm just pointing out what I consider to be the two major (only two actually) issues with an otherwise excellent program.