Notepad and Line Breaks (Split from FP&PS)

[khorghakh]

In Notepad in WinXP the line breaks make it very difficult to see... can I edit it in Textwrangler in OS X and then transfer it to my WinXP drive? Or will the editing in a Mac-based program screw it up? Textwrangler is generally very good about respecting files' original formatting, but I wonder if there might be a problem outside of Textwrangler's control, like UNIX line breaks or something...

 

i usually use notepad++ for editing stuff instead of notepad, it looks neater and has more functions

[Jarno Mikkola]

i usually use notepad++ for editing stuff instead of notepad, it looks neater and has more functions

Only in the case the original editor didn't use the Enter as their line breaker...

One shouldn't support such a lunacy.

[khorghakh]

oh? what happens then Jarno

[Jarno Mikkola]

oh? what happens then Jarno

wellidontknowyoulikereadingthistoocasepointandclosure

[khorghakh]

well tbh ive never encountered that problem with notepad++

even experimented using normal notepad, typed some stuff, using enter to break sentences, and it opened fine with notepad++, nojoinedupsetencesorwords, i must be missing something,

but do you recommend another program to use?

[Mike1072]

NotePad++ is a fine text editor.

[Jarno Mikkola]

NotePad++ is a fine text editor.

Yeah, but the other editors, like say using a program to write the .tp2 file, those are bad... when their setup is not actually writing the Enter to break the lines, lines that the Notepad++ sees, but the Notepad doesn't, case and point: the setup-fullplate.tp2 ...

[Mike1072]

NotePad++ is a fine text editor.

Yeah, but the other editors, like say using a program to write the .tp2 file, those are bad... when their setup is not actually writing the Enter to break the lines, lines that the Notepad++ sees, but the Notepad doesn't, case and point: the setup-fullplate.tp2 ...

Notepad is not a good program to use when editing files containing Unix-style line breaks. There's nothing wrong with the files themselves.

 

NotePad++ and other respectable text editors can be used to edit text files that have any style of line break. Most include the ability to change a file from one style to another.

 

To subtledoctor: don't edit mod files using Notepad. It's terrible. If you have a decent text editor, use it, whether it's on Windows or Mac.

[Lollorian]

Edit -> EOL Conversion -> (Choose your poison)

 

Take that notepad++ haters! NPP FOR PREZ!!

[Kulyok]

I've been using Notepad to do quick .tra/typo edits for years, and always - for .tp2 files, but OpenOffice/Word files for writing/coding/translating the bulk of the mod. The main problem with Notepad++ and the like (for me) is that they look too much like a developing environment, and I have enough of it at work. The last thing I want is automatically associating modding with work - *that* starts a writing/modding block for sure.