Switches on and off the auto-typeset for the current project.
Opens directory BuildScripts containing all currently installed global. See the help article on the Texpad Toolbar for details on various typesetters and their use. The menu lists all the currently deployed snippets in the snippets’ directory that may be opened by selecting Add/Edit Snippets…. Shift-Cmd-] and Shift-Cmd-[ respectively.įorce-opens the auto-complete window in the editor for the currently typed word.īrings into focus the global search field on the top of the window. These menu options will indent or unindent an entire block of text. These menu options will comment or uncomment an entire block of text in one go.Ĭmd-/ will toggle between the commented & uncommented state.Įdit Indent Block and Edit Unindent Block If you see strange characters, there is a good chance you have opened a file with the incorrect encoding this option will discard all changes and reload all open files using the specified character encoding.Įdit Comment Block and Edit Uncomment Block We strongly recommend that you use UTF-8 file encoding for your work it supports all languages, and as such it is becoming a de facto standard for plain text files. If you alter the file encoding with open documents, Texpad will migrate all files in the project, and save to disc.
Open a new email message with the current PDF file as an attachment.Ĭhoose the file encoding Texpad should use for loading and saving files. Opens the macOS Finder where the output PDF file is stored. Any files added to this directory are automatically listed in the File New From Template menu by Texpad. View the directory where the templates are stored ~/Library/Application Support/Texpad/Templates/. Opens the directory where auto-complete commands can be customised.Ĭreate a new. Information, legal statement and credits.
The usual Mac OS menu items behave as expected. It also has a customizable tools menu, and integral file compare and search commands, with hypertext jumps from the matched text to the corresponding line in the source file (ideal for integrating compilers).Note that this section only covers Texpad-specific menu items that have not been covered above. Visible bookmarks can be put on lines, and edit commands can be applied to lines with bookmarks.įrequently used combinations of commands can be saved as keystroke macros, and the spelling checker has dictionaries for 10 languages. Any change can be undone or redone, right back to the first one made. Other commands let you indent blocks of text, split or join lines, and insert whole files. In addition to the usual cut and paste capabilities, you can correct the most common typing errors with commands to change case, and transpose words, characters and lines. Text can be dragged and dropped between files. The Windows multiple document interface allows multiple files to be edited simultaneously, with up to 2 views on each file. In-context help is available for all commands, and in-context menus pop-up with the right mouse button. TextPad has been implemented according to the Windows XP user interface guidelines, so great attention has been paid to making it easy for both beginners and experienced users.
The 32-bit edition can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with Windows 9x, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Huge files can be edited by either - just choose the edition that works best with your PC.
It is Windows hosted, and comes in 16 and 32-bit editions. TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. Whether you simply need a powerful replacement for Notepad, a tool for editing your web pages, or a programming IDE, TextPad does what you want, the way you would expect. Your experience with other tools should be relevant to each new application, making it possible to sit down and use that new application right away. When just getting the job done is work enough, the last thing you need is to waste time having to learn yet another computer application.