What do you guys use to edit your code?

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Tyrant posted 02-01-2002 05:26 GMT
I just ran into the problem I was fearing... limited space in Notepad. It won't let me type anymore letters, so I'm forced to find another alternative. I tried Wordpad, but that won't let me save as an ASL file (unlike Notepad that lets you save as any type of file). Can I get some feedback?
Tyrant posted 02-01-2002 05:27 GMT
Hmmm, for some reason, this post is a ways down the page, so I'm going to see if I can bump it to the top with this reply.
MaDbRiT posted 02-01-2002 09:10 GMT
For editing:-
Programmers File Editor - ( a.k.a. PFE )Freeware and excellent!
Textpad. A killer - this is great for Java, HTML and has syntax highlighting and all sorts of good stuff - but it's shareware :-)
Al
carlii posted 02-01-2002 10:52 GMT
When you say it wouldn't let you save it as an ASL file, did you put "" around the file name, and also, include the file extension?
Yes, textpad is needed here, I think.
Tyrant posted 02-01-2002 17:48 GMT
Carlii-
Wordpad only lets me save in its own formats, such as word, text, etc, but you can't choose an "All" option that allows you to save over any type of file. Maybe I just don't know what to do since I don't use it that often.
Alex posted 02-01-2002 18:27 GMT
I use Textpad - www.textpad.com . There's a file for ASL syntax highlighting in the Quest Developer Area.
As for the post-appearing-down-the-page "feature" of UBB, this seems to happen in the few hours after midnight. Things seem to sort themselves out eventually though - and it's completely out of my control unfortunately (I don't particularly fancy trying edit the UBB Perl code).
Computer Whizz posted 02-01-2002 22:57 GMT
Tyrant - if you open an already saved file, then you should just press "save" and it will save to the file without need for different file types!
Computer Whizz
Tyrant posted 03-01-2002 12:59 GMT
Computer Whizz, I actually had tried just saving over the file (which was one of the first things I tried), but then Wordpad gives me a message saying that it's going to save in text format and not the original format, so I say no.
I'm actually not having much of a problem since I seem to be able to edit in Wordpad, then copy and paste the code to Notepad without any problem. However, for some reason, I can't type anymore in Notepad otherwise I get an "Out of Memory" error. Right now I'm going to check out Textpad, though.
Computer Whizz posted 03-01-2002 04:49 GMT
You want plain text!
Usually you get a choice - Plain Text, Rich Text or Wordpad 2.0 (or whatever version you have)!
Anyway, Plain Text is just like Ascii, and Quest will understand it fine (to what I can tell).
Computer Whizz
Tyrant posted 03-01-2002 13:48 GMT
Thanks, I got it working now. I think I was using Wordpad's default mode, which was Wordpad 2.0 (or whatever version it is), so I switched to plain text and it saves over fine.
carlii posted 05-01-2002 07:49 GMT
OH good, at least that ones sorted out! ;)

Author	Topic: What do you guys use to edit your code?
Tyrant	posted 02-01-2002 05:26 GMT I just ran into the problem I was fearing... limited space in Notepad. It won't let me type anymore letters, so I'm forced to find another alternative. I tried Wordpad, but that won't let me save as an ASL file (unlike Notepad that lets you save as any type of file). Can I get some feedback?
Tyrant	posted 02-01-2002 05:27 GMT Hmmm, for some reason, this post is a ways down the page, so I'm going to see if I can bump it to the top with this reply.
MaDbRiT	posted 02-01-2002 09:10 GMT For editing:- Programmers File Editor - ( a.k.a. PFE )Freeware and excellent! Textpad. A killer - this is great for Java, HTML and has syntax highlighting and all sorts of good stuff - but it's shareware :-) Al
carlii	posted 02-01-2002 10:52 GMT When you say it wouldn't let you save it as an ASL file, did you put "" around the file name, and also, include the file extension? Yes, textpad is needed here, I think.
Tyrant	posted 02-01-2002 17:48 GMT Carlii- Wordpad only lets me save in its own formats, such as word, text, etc, but you can't choose an "All" option that allows you to save over any type of file. Maybe I just don't know what to do since I don't use it that often.
Alex	posted 02-01-2002 18:27 GMT I use Textpad - www.textpad.com . There's a file for ASL syntax highlighting in the Quest Developer Area. As for the post-appearing-down-the-page "feature" of UBB, this seems to happen in the few hours after midnight. Things seem to sort themselves out eventually though - and it's completely out of my control unfortunately (I don't particularly fancy trying edit the UBB Perl code).
Computer Whizz	posted 02-01-2002 22:57 GMT Tyrant - if you open an already saved file, then you should just press "save" and it will save to the file without need for different file types! Computer Whizz
Tyrant	posted 03-01-2002 12:59 GMT Computer Whizz, I actually had tried just saving over the file (which was one of the first things I tried), but then Wordpad gives me a message saying that it's going to save in text format and not the original format, so I say no. I'm actually not having much of a problem since I seem to be able to edit in Wordpad, then copy and paste the code to Notepad without any problem. However, for some reason, I can't type anymore in Notepad otherwise I get an "Out of Memory" error. Right now I'm going to check out Textpad, though.
Computer Whizz	posted 03-01-2002 04:49 GMT You want plain text! Usually you get a choice - Plain Text, Rich Text or Wordpad 2.0 (or whatever version you have)! Anyway, Plain Text is just like Ascii, and Quest will understand it fine (to what I can tell). Computer Whizz
Tyrant	posted 03-01-2002 13:48 GMT Thanks, I got it working now. I think I was using Wordpad's default mode, which was Wordpad 2.0 (or whatever version it is), so I switched to plain text and it saves over fine.
carlii	posted 05-01-2002 07:49 GMT OH good, at least that ones sorted out! ;)