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ghostyjack · 01-27-2011, 04:38 AM

Thanks for these comments radius & DMcCunney.

Texteditors.org looks interesting, I'll have a read through there.

I'm trying to speed up my efficiency is formatting text and html-based files in preparation to converting them to epub files. Macro's give me a means to automate the more mundane tasks in doing this. The ability to edit the macro allows me to fine-tune or extend them. I though I'd found an easy solution to this with Notetab but unfortunately as it doesn't support UTF properly, a lot of my characters like curly-quotes are lost when I save the files in it.

I like Edit+'s multiple-line S&R as it provides you with a text-box that you can enter the lines in without worrying about what characters are required to simulate the end-of-line. Also its easier to see, say, 3 lines instead of one line with funny extra characters that scrolls of the end of the field.

I could learn to use regex but I still am limited to what I can do at any one time. I suppose I'm a bit lazy and just wanted to have it all recorded in a way that I didn't have to keep running the same commands all the time.

I might need to expand my search to include IDE's and web development tools as they can also provide similar functionality and should also include some form of macro/scripting language.

01-27-2011, 04:38 AM	#22
ghostyjack Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 1085610 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, England Device: PRS-T1, 1825PT, Galaxy Tab, One X, TF700T, Aura HD, Nexus 7	Thanks for these comments radius & DMcCunney. Texteditors.org looks interesting, I'll have a read through there. I'm trying to speed up my efficiency is formatting text and html-based files in preparation to converting them to epub files. Macro's give me a means to automate the more mundane tasks in doing this. The ability to edit the macro allows me to fine-tune or extend them. I though I'd found an easy solution to this with Notetab but unfortunately as it doesn't support UTF properly, a lot of my characters like curly-quotes are lost when I save the files in it. I like Edit+'s multiple-line S&R as it provides you with a text-box that you can enter the lines in without worrying about what characters are required to simulate the end-of-line. Also its easier to see, say, 3 lines instead of one line with funny extra characters that scrolls of the end of the field. I could learn to use regex but I still am limited to what I can do at any one time. I suppose I'm a bit lazy and just wanted to have it all recorded in a way that I didn't have to keep running the same commands all the time. I might need to expand my search to include IDE's and web development tools as they can also provide similar functionality and should also include some form of macro/scripting language.