TP 5 problems upon installation
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:24 pm
I eagerly downloaded and installed the new edition of Textpad. However, upon installation, I found so many problems, that I removed it and reinstalled TP 4.7.3.
My environment is Windows XP Professional SP2.
Some of the problems I found:
None of the shortcuts worked. I had to search for the program.
Inability to save the window dimensions; i.e., I expand the window to the width and height that I want, close the window, and restart the program. Same old small dimensions.
Loss of customized keystrokes from TP 4. Also loss of syntax files, but I fixed that by copying files from the user, sample, and system subdirectories under Textpad 4 to the same subdirectories under Textpad 5. I couldn't figure out how to get the keystrokes.
So I started rebuilding macros and keystroke definitions. I had a definition in TP4 for selecting and deselecting block mode. I could find no way to do that in TP5.
The help file is incomplete. Under preferences, environment variables, there is a dialog to create and edit variables, pressing F1 for help, yields an error message (something like "Unable to open help ...").
I saw the release note about configurable environment variables. I'd like to know what that means. What I was hoping it meant was that one could use some symbology to include the content of an existing environment variable into the text (perhaps with a macro).
As later versions become available, I expect to try again. For now, though, it looks like I need to stick with TP4. Thankfully, TP4 reinstalled without any problem whatsoever.
My environment is Windows XP Professional SP2.
Some of the problems I found:
None of the shortcuts worked. I had to search for the program.
Inability to save the window dimensions; i.e., I expand the window to the width and height that I want, close the window, and restart the program. Same old small dimensions.
Loss of customized keystrokes from TP 4. Also loss of syntax files, but I fixed that by copying files from the user, sample, and system subdirectories under Textpad 4 to the same subdirectories under Textpad 5. I couldn't figure out how to get the keystrokes.
So I started rebuilding macros and keystroke definitions. I had a definition in TP4 for selecting and deselecting block mode. I could find no way to do that in TP5.
The help file is incomplete. Under preferences, environment variables, there is a dialog to create and edit variables, pressing F1 for help, yields an error message (something like "Unable to open help ...").
I saw the release note about configurable environment variables. I'd like to know what that means. What I was hoping it meant was that one could use some symbology to include the content of an existing environment variable into the text (perhaps with a macro).
As later versions become available, I expect to try again. For now, though, it looks like I need to stick with TP4. Thankfully, TP4 reinstalled without any problem whatsoever.