What help
file is this? You call this help?
Since I'm very busy man working hard for my living, I don't have enough
time to write it. I'm sure there are regular ConTEXT users with lots of
free time. I wouldn't refuse if someone writes help and send it to me
:)
Why language
translations aren't updated regularly?
I hadn't enough time to wait for translators to send translations, so
check Download
section, maybe it's updated.
When I
view the source of a file in IE, it opens up Context as the "notepad"
but it highlights this as a text file, not as HTML).
Start IE and set ConTEXT as default HTML editor (Tools / Internet options
/ Programs / HTML editor). After this, in file menu of IE you'll see command
"Edit with ConTEXT". use this to view HTML files inside IE.
I experience
a problem when I try to open files with a space in the path. Instead of
opening the file two empty documents are created, one named after the
first part of the folder name and the other with the name Edit1.
There is problem with previously associated files with notepad. You
can either re-register file extension using ConTEXT (Environment options
/ Associations) or manually edit file associations: start Windows File
Explorer, "Tools / Folder options / File types", find this file
type with which you've got problems, Edit it and in"Open" command
double quote %1 parameter ("%1").
How can
I vertically select text in blocks?
Toggle selection mode with Ctrl+L or hold down the Alt key while making
your selection with the mouse.
How can
I add my own keywords to existing built-in syntax highlighter?
You can't. You can eventually build your own custom syntax highlighter.
For more details about it, check sample highligher in Highlighters\ subdirectory
of your ConTEXT directory.
What about
combined syntax highlighters (PHP, JS and ASP in HTML)?
For now, it isn't possible to highlight combinations at the same time.
Workaround for this could be manually switching highlighters, regardless
of piece of code you're editing at the moment.
Where
are my hard-tabs?
ConTEXT doesn't have internally native support for real hard tabs, so
tabs will be converted to spaces when opening file and spaces will be
converted back to tabs when saving file. Behavior of this situation is
controller by "Tabs save mode" option. If it's automatic, ConTEXT
detects appearance of the tabs when opening files and when saving it,
it uses tabs again wherever possible. You may also force tabs and spaces
using this option.
What about
a word-wrap? There is only vertical line and nothing wraps!
At this moment, real word-wrapping isn't supported. After all, ConTEXT
meant to be programmers editor, not word processor, and programmers do
not use word-wrapping :) If you remember best editor for DOS ever - QEdit,
word-wrap work the same way it worked there: only when you type text.
When I
uninstall ConTEXT, is there any garbage left in my registry?
Two things are left: extension associations to ConTEXT (if you defined
it) and HKCU\Software\Eden\ConTEXT registry key. First one you can unassociate
using Environment options / Associations before uninstalling ConTEXT and
the last one by deleting this key using regedit. Ermm... why would you
uninstall ConTEXT anyway?!
Can ConTEXT
edit binary files? What about hex editor?
At this moment, ConTEXT can edit any file not containing 0x00 char. There
could be integrated hex editor in some near future.
How to
use Borland C++ 5.5 free compiler with Context?
1. Open a .cpp file to test
2. Select "Options / Enviroment options / Execute Keys".
3. Select the cpp group, if there isn't any, click "Add" and
enter the extension, in this case "cpp" (without quotes).
4. Now click on the cpp - F9, I'm going to assume that you installed Borland
compiler in the folder "C:\Bcc\", if you installed in other
folder, just replace it.
5.Options for cpp - F9:
Execute: C:\Bcc\Bin\Bcc32.exe
Start in: %p
Parameters: %f
6. Check "Editing before excecution"
7. Check "Capture console output"
8. Then click "OK"
I'm executing
external DOS application using user exec keys, but I don't want it's output
in ConTEXT output console window. How can I make it's window not to close
at the end of the execution?
You can achieve this by using ConExec's -p option. For example, if you've
got this configuration:
Execute: c:\util\tlink.exe
Parameters: %1
you'll change it to:
Execute: c:\Program Files\ConTEXT\ConExec.exe
Parameters: -p "c:\util\tlink.exe" %1
Any command
line options available?
Sure, check ConTEXT help to learn more about it.
I think
ConTEXT gets slower when it starts. Is it true?
It can be. To speed it up, delete "ConTEXT Positions.ini" file
and delete all external highlighters you don't use. You can found them
in Highlighters\ directory. All those issues will be fixed in ConTEXT
v1.0.
I found
a bug! Can you fix it?
First of all, be sure you're using newest version of ConTEXT. Send me
as much info about it as you can. Can you repeat it? How? What exactly
happened? Which highlighter did you use? Send me screenshot (convert it
to GIF before sending!!).
I don't
understand how Code templates works.
Check ObjectPascal template as example.
What language
did you use to code ConTEXT?
Delphi v4.0.
What about
porting to some other OS?
As soon as I get Kylix, I'll start to port it to Linux.
What is
the shortcut for...?
Look into the main menu. Most of commands are there and you can see it's
shortcut.
Can I
get ConTEXT source files?
This is just a freeware project, not OpenSource.
Is ConTEXT
really for free? What if I want to donate something to encourage ConTEXT
development?
I'll be glad to accept any of your donations. You can send it to my postal
address found at Author
page, but contact me first just to let me know.
Can I
use ConTEXT in my commercial application? Can you send me DLL with exported
functions to integrate ConTEXT into my project?
ConTEXT editor is free in this form you can download it. You can use it
completely free as freeware, but not as a part of commercial application.
ConTEXT is provided as is. This freeware license doesn't cover special
modifications I made. I could only sell you some other form (DLL for example),
ready for integration in your commercial application which you'll sell.
Contact me if you interested in it.
Is this
all?
Yes, and it's better than nothing :)
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