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Win32Pad

 Win32Pad is a feature filled text editor that is written with a programmer in mind. It's main purpose is to provide enough functionality that is missing from notepad without sacrificing file size and performance. (Notepad is a standard text editor that comes with MS Windows)

Key Features:
 Filesize is limited to the available memory. (not 64k)
 Recent Files list. (will handle up to 5 entries)
 32k executable size. (C & win32 api)
 Auto-indent & Tab Size (2..8) support.
 Standard toolbar and statusbar. (You can show/hide each)
 Supports WIN (default)/UNIX/MAC file formats (read/write).
 Block Indent/Oudent (NEW)
 Line Numbers.
 File change notification.
 "Smart" Home.

Other:
 Find/Replace
 Goto Line # (Under Search Menu)
 Revert feature. (Re-read the file from disk)
 Full Intellimouse support.(Tested on Win95/98/NT4.0/2000)
 Shows current location, # of lines and editing mode (Insert/Overwrite).
 Open files by Dropping them from Windows Explorer.
 Minimize Win32Pad to the System Tray.
 Insert Time/Date F5, Another File.
 File Properties.
 And many more...

Win32Pad Website: http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/
Support Forums:  http://www.gena01.com/forum/
E-mail Support: win32pad@gena01.com


What's New

Please see history.txt for the list of changes.


File

New Instance
Open a new instance of win32pad.

New
Create new text file.

Open
Opens dialog box that allows you to open and edit an existing text file.

Save
Allows you to save the current file.

Save As
Allows you to save a copy of the current text into a file with a new name.

Reload
Allows you to cancel the changes and re-read the file from disk.

Properties
Opens File Properties window. (Same Properties window that is shown in Windows Explorer)

Execute
Executes the default action. (Same as double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer)

File Format
Specifies the file format (WIN/UNIX/MAC). Use this option to convert files from one fileformat into another.

Print
Print the current file.

Exit
Close Win32Pad.


Edit

Undo
Reverse the current editing operation.

Redo
Reverse the last action made by Undo.

Cut
Copies the selected text to clipboard and removes it from the editing area.

Copy
Copies the selected text to clipboard.

Paste
Copies text from clipboard into the editing area. Will actually replace selected text.

Delete
Removes selected text form editing area.

Select All
Select All the text in the editing area.

Indent
Indent the Selection by a TAB. Insert a TAB in the beginning of all selected lines.

Unindent
This is the opposite of indent.

Find
Opens the Find dialog that allows you to specify the search text and options.

Find Next
Repeats the last search operation started by using Find.

Replace
Opens the Replace dialog that allows you to specify the search/replace text and options.

Goto Line #
Opens Goto Line # dialog that allows to you go to a specific line in the file being edited.

Insert
Time/Date
Insert current Time and Date.

Insert File
Allows you to insert an existing file into the current position in the file being edited.


View

Show Toolbar
Show/Hide toolbar.

Show Statusbar
Show/Hide toolbar.

Line Numbers
Show/Hide line numbers.

Margin
Show/Hide selection bar. Selection bar acts as the left margin that allows you to select line(s) of text.

Wordwrap
Turns on/off wordwrap.

Always On Top
Toggles "Always On Top" mode of Win32Pad. If turned on/checked then win32pad will always show on top of other applications.


Tools

Minimize to Tray
Minimizes Win32Pad into system tray hiding it from the taskbar. Double click on the Win32Pad tray icon to restore Win32Pad.

Options
Opens Options window.


Help

Help Topics
Shows you Contents page of this help file.

About
Opens About dialog. This dialog shows you the current version of Win32Pad and how to check the latest news regarding Win32Pad. It also allows you to report problems.


General Options

Minimize to Tray
Minimizes Win32Pad into System Tray instead of Taskbar.

Exit on ESC
Closes Win32Pad upon pressing ESC key.

File change alert
When checked Win32Pad will notify you when a file has been changed on disk by another application and needs to be reloaded.

Full Path in Title
This option will enable/disable the display of full path in the title.

Save Window Position
This option will enable/disable of save/restore for the current window position and size.

Dropped Files in New Window
When you drop files onto Win32Pad, it will open them in the new/same win32pad window.

Recent Files
Show/Hide recent files. Recent files are being listed in the File menu. This option allows you to disable/enable the listing.


Editor Options

Highlight URLs
Highlight URLs that are found in the current file being edited. NOTE: you need to re-read the file for the changes to take place after this option is selected.

Single Click Launch URL
When clicking on the URLs will launch the default browser on a single click (vs double click).

Auto-indent
This feature when enabled inserts the appropriate number of spaces/tabs in order to align the current line with the first non-space character of the previous line.

Tabs To Spaces
Insert spaces instead of tabs when you use &lt;TAB&gt; key.

Font...
Allows you to select the font name, size, effects, script and colors.

Background Color
Allows you to pick a different background color for the editing area.

Tab Size
Set a Tab Size (2..9) for the text being edited. This option sets tab stops which specifies how many spaces are shown when a TAB character is found in the text file.


Command-line options

win32pad [<filename>]

Currently Win32Pad only takes a filename as the only argument. You can use single or double quotes in order to take care of the long filenames (i.e. filenames with spaces). It will try to open the specified file and if operation fails then it will let you create the file with that name.


Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+N	New Instance
Ctrl+Shift+S	Save As
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+D	Insert Time/Date
Ctrl+F	Find
Ctrl+G	Goto Line #
Ctrl+H	Replace
Ctrl+I	Insert File
Ctrl+M	Minimize to Tray
Ctrl+N	Create new file
Ctrl+O	Open existing file
Ctrl+P	Print current file
Ctrl+R	Reload file
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+W	WordWrap
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Del	Delete
F1	Help
F2	Save
F3	Find Next
F5	Insert Time/Date
F7	Find
Shift+F7	Find Next
Ctrl+F7	Replace
F10	Options