Sensing grenades in-flight

[Onno Kreuzinger]

or an option like in word2k , edit-> insert content->unformated text, to paste from the clipboard (i just wanted to say even word 200 is too f**** up to allow "normal" copy&paste anymore, i hate that)
C U friday noon

[stefanhendriks]

When i copy stuff and i want to be sure it is not formatted or messed up in any way. I copy it, paste it into notepad. Then copy it from that to any document i want. It works great for me.

[@$3.1415rin]

I guess notepad is a simple edit field, therefore limited to 65kb on win9x machines ( old 16 bit stuff ). those wordpad or however called stuff is based on rtf windows, thus allowing to copy formatted text. when you paste your text to the notepad, only the text information data is requested from the clipboard, no rtf stuff

[stefanhendriks]

yes asp, notepad is that simple edit field I once tried VB (yuk) and i created my own notepad with it.

Anyway, i do not use wordpad, because it still does not erase the text format. As you said, notepad only requires text, therefor it works good for me.

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

To those who are still running the sock notepad:

replace it, guys. Replace it. I mean it. There are tons of free replacements for NotePad, full of kickass features. FYI I'm using an old version of EditPad. It has a multiple document interface, a powerful search/replace facility that can operate on all the open documents at once (that which no other editor I know are able to), unlimited text buffer, DOS/ANSI/UNIX/Mac text conversion. Lots of stuff. I can't live without it.

The newer versions of EditPad also do syntax highlighting and other stuff but I find them bloated. The version I use is the 3.2.1 Fr. I don't know if it's still available anywhere.

[botman]

Yeah, EditPad RULEZ! It loads up more quickly than any other text editor I've ever see (even quicker than Notepad). It minimizes itself to the system tray so that you can pop it up again instantly. It can be used as a hexadecimal editor of files. You can even do super-elite ROT-13 "encryption" to hide your source code from prying eyes!

botman