Re: v5.06 - won't start from text file double-click [75293]

[joemarfice]

No idea. That's not really visible to users, since the rev was the same, and the
download site doesn't list the build # AFAICT.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

v5.06 - won't start from text file double-click [75276]

[joemarfice]

When launching PSPad by double-clicking on a text file in File Explorer (with
PSPad set as the default text editor, obviously), I get the following error in a
popup:
cite:

Error reading StatusBar.Left: Cannot create form. No MDI forms are
currently 
active.

The file does not load.
When attempting to then close PSPad after dismissing this error, I get a new
popup:
cite:

Cannot change Visible in OnShow or 
OnHide.

I cannot close PSPad except by using Task Manager.

NOTE: v5.07b593 (developer's release) fixes this problem, but I'm still
reporting it so anyone else can see the solution.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: Multi-Line Search Testers Needed [75274]

[joemarfice]

Installing 5.06 fixed the problem, without reinstalling the driver at all.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: Multi-Line Search Testers Needed [75118]

[joemarfice]

Installing the latest version of PSPad (5.05 (533) 2/7/2021) broke phReplace for
me. The script won't bring up its window, whether I use the key combination or
directly choose it from the Scripts menu. Other scripts still work.

When I try to register the dll from the PSPad folder using the cmd-window
command
>  regsvr32 "phreplace.dll"
I get a popup error window named "RegSvr32":
cite:

The module "phreplace.dll" was loaded by the call to DllRegisterServer
failed with error code 
0x80004005.


Help, please?

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

PSPad crashes upon opening 2 files [74447]

[joemarfice]

If I select two text files, and then hit Enter, I expect PSPad to launch and
open both. It tries to.. but then crashes repeatedly with an application error.
Tested on various text files, including empty ones. Version 5.03 (377). Error
dump follows.

cite:

Exception description:


Access violation at address 008A40C7 in module 'PSPad.exe'. Read of address
0020.

Exception class: EAccessViolation
Exception address: 008A40C7


Stack list, generated 12/3/2020 1:11:18 PM
[008A40C7] uChildParent.TfChildParent.FormCreate (Line 200, "uChildParent.pas" +
25) + $7
[005B7D6D] Vcl.ComCtrls.TTreeNodes.GetNode + $21
[005460A5] Winapi.CommCtrl.TreeView_GetRoot + $D
[005B7C4B] Vcl.ComCtrls.TTreeNodes.GetFirstNode + $13
[00406F70] System.@GetMem + $4
[0040B5AE] System.@NewUnicodeString + $E
[0040BA49] System.@UStrAsg + $1D
[008A4076] uChildParent.TfChildParent.FormCreate (Line 190, "uChildParent.pas" +
15) + $B
[00932973] uChildEdit.TfChildEdit.FormCreate (Line 183, "uChildEdit.pas" + 1) +
$2
[00660DAD] Vcl.Forms.TCustomForm.DoCreate + $31
[006609B9] Vcl.Forms.TCustomForm.AfterConstruction + $11
[00409E51] System.@AfterConstruction + $1D
[0066096B] Vcl.Forms.TCustomForm.Create + $1AB
[009E1079] uMain.TfPSPad.CreateChild (Line 2556, "uMain.pas" + 7) + $D
[009E656E] uMain.TfPSPad.OpenSynEditFile (Line 4368, "uMain.pas" + 29) + $4
[009F4935] uMain.TfPSPad.OpenFileByParams (Line 9305, "uMain.pas" + 169) + $A
[009F4ECE] uMain.TfPSPad.WMGetCommand (Line 9398, "uMain.pas" + 29) + $5
[006979B6] Vcl.Controls.TControl.WndProc + $2BE
[0069CED8] Vcl.Controls.TWinControl.WMPaint + $104
[0069CEFF] Vcl.Controls.TWinControl.WMPaint + $12B
[006651F9] Vcl.Forms.TCustomForm.WMPaint + $25
[006979B6] Vcl.Controls.TControl.WndProc + $2BE
[00409B73] System.TObject.Dispatch + $13
[006979B6] Vcl.Controls.TControl.WndProc + $2BE
[00409B73] System.TObject.Dispatch + $13
[006979B6] Vcl.Controls.TControl.WndProc + $2BE
[0053AA5B] Vcl.Graphics.TCanvas.RequiredState + $67
[0069C46B] Vcl.Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $63B
[00662449] Vcl.Forms.TCustomForm.WndProc + $64D
[0069BA38] Vcl.Controls.TWinControl.MainWndProc + $2C
[004E012C] System.Classes.StdWndProc + $14
[00539A2A] Vcl.Graphics.TCustomCanvas.Unlock + $1E
[0066BD58] Vcl.Forms.TApplication.ProcessMessage + $14
[0066BE7A] Vcl.Forms.TApplication.HandleMessage + $A
[0066C1AD] Vcl.Forms.TApplication.Run + $C9
[00A278E0] PSPad.PSPad (Line 104, "PSPad.dpr" + 45) + $7


Program  : D:\Zips,Xfrs,EXEs\EXEs\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe  5.0.3 (377)
System   : Windows 10 Professional x64, Version: 10.0, Build: 42EE, 
Processor: Intel, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz, 1900 MHz MMX
Display  : 1920x1080 pixels, 32 bpp PPI: 120


Active Controls Hierarchy:
TfPSPad "fPSPad"





-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: Multi File Name Find [73796]

[joemarfice]

@pspad, I would support banning this user. Every single thread I've seen from
them is rude, unintelligible, and uncooperative.

You don't need the heartburn. We don't need the noise.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: Swap with Line Above/Below gets confused [73745]

[joemarfice]

OK, by coincidence I just booted a new computer with Windows 10, so I installed
the PSPad dev version you mentioned, recreated the file:|

cite:

123456789-123456789-
abc


set the soft-wrap at char 10, selected "abc", clicked Edit > Lines
Manipulation... > Swap with line above, and got this:

cite:

123456789-
123456789-[soft-return]
123456789-


I can't imagine why it works for you, and not for me. Maybe I'm not explaining
it clearly enough. 

At least there's a solution: Undo + turn off wrap-lines + do it again.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Swap with Line Above/Below gets confused [73707]

[joemarfice]

If I use the shortcut Ctrl+Up to move the current paragraph upwards, but Wrap is
on, it treats the soft-wrap as a paragraph end. So, if the editor wrap is off,
it originally looks like:
cite:

123456789-123456789-
abc


If you then press Ctrl+Up while the "abc" line is current, you get
cite:

abc
123456789-123456789-

and that's what I expect to happen.

HOWEVER, if wrap is ON, and it wraps at character 10 (to make this easy), it
originally looks like this:
cite:

123456789-
123456789-
abc


If you then press Ctrl+Up while the "abc" line is current, you get
cite:

abc123456789-
123456789-123456789-

... which NO ONE wants! Notice that not only has "abc" entered the line of
numbers, but there are now 3 series of numbers, instead of just two.

Running 5.0.3 (377) 32b.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: Find Files - Exclude [73163]

[joemarfice]

Never mind, I'm an idiot.

It's XYCopy that's giving me problems... a program I like almost as much as
PSPad.

Thanks.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Find Files - Exclude [73160]

[joemarfice]

I was able to figure out how to exclude files matching a pattern, by using the
Add current button. I expected "*.zip" to exclude all zip files, but instead
it's "file:*.zip". OK. Got it.

But I still can't figure out how to exclude folders matching "Archive".
"*\Archive\" won't exclude them, for some reason.

Ideally, I'd like to exclude only folders exactly matching that - so
"D:\Folder\Archive\" would be excluded, but "D:\Folder\Archive Settings" would
not be excluded.

What's the correct formula to exclude folders?

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

New (developer's) Build - yay! but request... [72460]

[joemarfice]

Thanks for rushing out the fix to some bugs and requests - especially when you
are under stress at your "real" job as well. :)

5.0.3b363 seems to fix the program  crashes I was having. However, probably
because it's not a full release, scripting support is struck-through (not
available, even if checked in Settings). PHReplace is *very* valuable to me,
so... any way to turn it on, or a due date for when you hope to do the full
release?

Related: are you planning to implement multiline replace in the native search
dialog? I suspect not, since PHReplace has been around a long time, but it
forces users to learn and use two completely different dialogs (because neither
fully implements all features of both).

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: PHReplace & PSPad bugs on PSPad v5.02 [72303]

[joemarfice]

1. I finally realized the PHReplace developer is on another site, so I'll take
the issue there.

2. Thanks!

3. Thanks!

4. With the hotkey problem of #3 corrected, the only issue is the slight real
estate it takes up. Maybe someday I'll learn to use it.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

PHReplace & PSPad bugs on PSPad v5.02 [72290]

[joemarfice]

Since upgrading, I've noticed the following:

1. PHReplace addin often does not work (and I realize you didn't write this
addin). Sometimes it highlights the correct text, but doesn't replace. Sometimes
it can't find obvious examples at all. Sometimes it finds one example out of
hundreds - but can't replace it.

2. PSPad seems to create many more Exception fault windows than before. It
hasn't happened today yet, so I can't provide more details. I'll post next time
I can.

3. The new Profiles bar atop the Find/Replace dialog box uses Ctrl+P, which is
also supposedly assigned to "Prompt Each Replace". However, only Profile is ever
selected - which reverses what users have grown to expect. 

4. For that matter (not a bug but a feature request): Is there any way to turn
off the Profiles bar on that dialog? It's just clutter to those of us who don't
use it.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

=?windows-1250?Q?Re:_How_to_Create_List?_:)_[72289]?=

[joemarfice]

Maki, the author is correct. You've posted many questions without adequate
explanation, and it looks like you are not bothering to learn the software
before coming here and asking for help. 

This is not a tutorial forum. We are not mindreaders. And, while you cannot help
this, your very poor English makes it even harder to guess what you are actually
saying.

PSPad does not seem to be something you work well with. Try another editor.
There are literally hundreds of them.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: Many fonts are missing from PSPad. [72288]

[joemarfice]

To expand on this topic: 

Because PSPad is a text editor, not a WYSIWYG editor with lots of formatting
like Word, people use it to create format-free documents.

The text you select in PSPad ONLY affects how the files look here; Notepad and
Word will continue to use their own defaults.

There are two common uses for text editors: reading text files quickly without
launching something like MS Office, and writing text where line spacing and
column alignment are the only formatting possible (usually programming code).
Only proportional fonts preserve column alignment, so text editors generally
only allow these fonts.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

TextDiff dropbox only with Code Explorer Window [72285]

[joemarfice]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but the handy "TextDiff" dropbox
that pops up in the upper right when you drag a new file over PSPad only seems
to appear if the  Code Explorer Window is visible (Ctrl+Shift+E).

I can't find it documented anywhere... so maybe this question at least will
provide a clue if anyone else is trying to find out where it went.

That dropbox popup is one of my favorite things about PSPad, BTW.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Persistent R/O mode after changing attribute [71917]

[joemarfice]

I have read on the three possible "modes" for PSPad to handle read-only files,
but none of them seem to address this problem. It's either a bug, or I'm missing
a setting...

If I open a R/O (r-o) file, a marker to the left of the tab filename shows me
why I can't edit. 

If I then close that file, change the -R attribute on the file to allow editing,
and reopen the file in PSPad, it still appears with the read-only marker (and I
can't edit).

Instead, I have to manually tell PSPad that I wish to change the R/O status of
the file manually, in addition to telling Windows via the Attribute bit. 

This seems like pointless work. Is there a workaround?

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

MS VBScript files not highlighted [71783]

[joemarfice]

The highlighter function works fine for other files, like *.bat and *.bas, but
the *.vbs and *.asa files are not recognized. WSH scripting is turned on. The
VBS extension is only assigned to MS VBScript. 

Can someone suggest what I'm missing?

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: Feature request: "list" function with extra-lines in "find" options [71= 347]

[joemarfice]

Agreed! -b and -a should be in every text-filter/list tool in the world. It's so
useful!

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

Re: Feature Request - Native Multi-line Search/Replace [71346]

[joemarfice]

Alternatively, adding a special character that matches CR/LF/CR+LF (each, or
all) as Word has would be equally useful, IMO.

So, the Find string "ABC
DEF" would match in a line that ends with "ABC"
followed by a line that begins "DEF" - just in case I wasn't clear.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

=?windows-1250?Q?Re:_TextDiff_?notice?_and_LARGE_FONT_[71230]?=

[joemarfice]

Thanks! You are truly the best!

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

=?windows-1250?Q?TextDiff_?notice?_and_LARGE_FONT_[71226]?=

[joemarfice]

Two things have recently changed in my PSPad installation, and I have no idea
why.

First, there's a gray box to the upper-right, in the text area, that reads
"TextDiff". I can't move or close it. Dropping a file there doesn't start a text
comparison. No idea why it's there or how to get rid of it.

Seemingly unrelated, except in timing, my menus now have a HUGE font size -
maybe twice the size of "normal" fonts, and unrelated to the font size displayed
in the actual documents. 

I can't find any settings related to either issue. Any clues?

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

=?windows-1250?Q?Re:_PSPad_5.0_buggy?_[70614]?=

[joemarfice]

Jan, I'm afraid 5.0 is even buggier than OP suggested.

First, there's no such thing as a "System" group in Settings - at least, not in
the English version. There's "System integration", but it doesn't offer an
option for "Allow Scripts Menu", as you suggest. In fact

v5.0's Direct Edit of Settings only shows three groups of settings: Config, HTML
document, and PHP. The entire list shown is:

_[Config]_
FirstRun=1

_[HTML document]_
Compilator ParsLog=line %L column %C

_[PHP]_
Compilator File=C:\PHP\php.exe
Compilator Param=%File%
Compilator Capture=1
Compilator ParsLog=*on line %L



This isn't the actual list of Settings; it's just the ones that show up under
Direct Edit. The actual list of Settings looks pretty OK, as I click through
them.

"Allow Scripts Menu" doesn't appear in v4.6.2, either. That essentially leaves
v5.0 without any way to run scripts.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor https://www.pspad.com

=?windows-1250?Q?Bug?_Select_Matching_Brackets_Ctrl+Shift+M_[69165]?=

[joemarfice]

Given this text:
a{b
()
c}d


If you press Ctrl+Shift+M (select everything between matching brackets), you
will get the following selections, depending on where your cursor is when you
press the key combo:

After  'a': whole {..} section (correct behavior)
Before 'b': whole {..} section (correct behavior)
After  'c': whole {..} section (correct behavior)
Before 'd': just the "()" (incorrect behavior!)

I am using PSPad v4.60 / 2700.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com

Re: PSPad's autonaming of new files doesn't work [66346]

[joemarfice]

Thank you - upgrading fixed it!

-- 

PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com

Re: PSPad's autonaming of new files doesn't work [66340]

[joemarfice]

Yes, you have correctly tested what is supposed to happen, which I described as
the desired behavior.

That's not what happens on my installation, however.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com

PSPad's autonaming of new files doesn't work [66334]

[joemarfice]

New install on a new machine, and whereas before PSPad would nicely suggest a
filename from the first text line on new files, now I just get "New1.txt". What
checkbox/system integration trick am I missing?

Also, the Program Setting > Files and Dirs > "New Default: Text" / "Always use
this type" checkbox has no apparent effect at all. That isn't a new problem for
me; I get asked what filetype I want to create regardless of the settings on
Ctrl+N/New Files.

-- 

PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com

Re: New file autonaming [63159]

[joemarfice]

Yes, that's what I was doing. 
I create a new text file.
I type  Bob.
I hit Ctrl+S.
On my tower:  The Save dialog comes up with a suggested name of Bob.txt.
On my laptop: The Save dialog comes up with a suggested name of File1.txt.

-- 
http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,63122,63159
PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com

Re: New file autonaming [63142]

[joemarfice]

Nope, that wasn't it. I also removed txt from the registered file types; no
effect. 

Thanks for the speedy reply, though.

-- 
http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,63122,63142
PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com

PSPad won't save settings [61187]

[joemarfice]

No matter what I do, PSPad won't save settings, such as:
SettingsProgram Settings...Editor Part 2Real Tabs

I've tried it while logged in as both standard User and Administrator on
Windows. Before reinstalling the OS and then PSPad, it worked fine.

Windows 7, SP1
PSPad v 4.5.7 build 2450

-- 
http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,61187,61187
PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com

Re: TextDiff with other tabs [50228]

[joemarfice]

Thanks, _vbr_, but the problem was I didn't know this existed!

I discovered it by accident when I right-clicked an inactive tab, which I almost
never do. Right-clicking the active tab does not show such an option - even one
greyed out.

-- 
http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,50203,50228
PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com

Re: TextDiff with other tabs [50229]

[joemarfice]

pspad:

New PSPad shows you line differences under textdifs panels



What does this sentence mean?

-- 
http://forum.pspad.com/read.php?2,50203,50229
PSPad freeware editor http://www.pspad.com