In a thread from a few days back, I was frustrated with wrapping in the Bat and had a few questions. The answers i recieved helped me identify exactly what feature I would like to see added to the Bat and MicroEd in particular.
Can we have a checkbox that will allow single-carriage returns with auto-format enabled? Why do I want this? So that wrapping will work in MicroEd the way most Windows users are used to. I will go through the details and the common responses that I expect from this group. Reaction #1 "Why don't you just use the Windows editor?" Well, I like the MicroEd because of the way it autmoatically colors things according to your color preferences. For example, consider quoted text: In Microed, if I use the right-click option to "paste as quotation", then the pasted text will automatically be colored with whatever the color setting for quotes is. Also, if I remove the ">" symbol from the beginning of a line, the text instantly goes back to the normal color. This is not the case with the Windows editor. When you paste as quotation in the Windows editor, it does not become automatically colored. Also, if you remove the > symbol, the color doesn't change. So that's why I prefer Microed. But the single line return auto-format issue prevents me from liking it completely. It would be nice if the Windows coloring things were automatic. Or if single carriage returns were allowed in Microed with auto-format turned on. I still don't think it would be that big of a deal to add an option for "allow single carriage return". Reaction #2 "Just press 'Alt-L' with auto-format turned off to fix wrapping issues." I understand that I can use the Alt-L shortcut. But i shouldn't have to. Again, all I'm asking for is a simple option--a checkbox. Why should I have to press Alt-L every time I edit a paragraph, which will happen multiple times a day. Reaction #3 "That's just the way MicroEd has always been and we're not going to change it." This is actually the response I get from the developers. I have never recieved a response like this for feature requests for any software, and i find it strange. It's puzzling because I am not asking for any features or characterisitics to be removed from Microed, just ADD a little feature. So all users who prefer it like it currently is will not be affected. I ask again and again, what is the big deal? Why would any of you oppose such an addition? It makes no sens for other users to say they don't want the feature added because IT DOESN"T CHANGE ANYTHING. All I want to do is to have automatic wrapping and to be able to press the Enter key ONCE and start a new line. I just don't understand why the developers and users are opposed to this. ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.9.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
