Hello -

How can one see whether non-printing characters such as tabs or
end-of-line characters have been picked up when selecting text?

Regards

_John Sampson_

Hi John,

John> How can one see whether non-printing characters such as tabs or
John> end-of-line characters have been picked up when selecting text?

Check out the View|Visible Spaces command.


Best,

David


== Developers of the award-winning Boxer Text Editor ==

David Hamel
Boxer Software
david@...

voice: 602-485-1635; fax: 602-485-1636; sales: 800-982-6937
P.O. Box 14545, Scottsdale, AZ, 85267-4545 USA
http://www.boxersoftware.com

Hi John--

--- In boxer@yahoogroups.com, John Sampson <jrs.idx@...> wrote:
> How can one see whether non-printing characters such as tabs or
> end-of-line characters have been picked up when selecting text?


Are you using the View|Visible Spaces feature? (Alt-F1 in my key bindings file,
YMMV). This should show you tabs, space chars, EOL chars so you can select them,
or not.

HTH.  Brian

 

Hi John--

--- In boxer@yahoogroups.com, John Sampson <jrs.idx@...> wrote:
> How can one see whether non-printing characters such as tabs or
> end-of-line characters have been picked up when selecting text?

Are you using the View|Visible Spaces feature? (Alt-F1 in my key bindings file, YMMV). This should show you tabs, space chars, EOL chars so you can select them, or not.

Hello -

I have recently discovered Windows Aero Flip 3d as a useful feature
rather than a gimmick.

However, in the stack of windows Boxer is sometimes not included. When
it is included,
selecting it does not achieve activation as with other programs.

Regards

_John Sampson_

I'd like to run boxer macros from Text Monkey. The result of the macro would
show up in the clipboard. Perhaps a built-in com server arrangement from Text
Monkey to Boxer? Text Monkey would no longer be a completely independent program
and would require a re-write but let me suggest a customizable tabbed interface
setup instead of the fixed layout of the tabs that is now used. I often use
boxer as a tool from other editors and IDEs anyway and this would be a
convenient way to use it. Whenever you have the clipboard (all the time), you
would have a library of macros to use on the text. Every editor I have has a
different language but this would make one language available to any text
program. I filled up my Boxer macro menu a long time ago, the present
arrangement does not scale very well beyond forty-fifty macros.

pgb9607> I'd like to run boxer macros from Text Monkey. The result of the
pgb9607> macro would show up in the clipboard. Perhaps a built-in com server
pgb9607> arrangement from Text Monkey to Boxer? Text Monkey would no longer
pgb9607> be a completely independent program and would require a re-write...

I'll get right on that.  :-)

I realize that the programs do sometimes complement each other, but I'm
inclined to let Text Monkey be Text Monkey.

But note this: Most any macro can be made to export its result to the
Windows clipboard, typically by adding these two lines at the bottom:

SelectAllText();
Copy();



Best,

David


== Developers of the award-winning Boxer Text Editor ==

David Hamel
Boxer Software
david@...

voice: 602-485-1635; fax: 602-485-1636; sales: 800-982-6937
P.O. Box 14545, Scottsdale, AZ, 85267-4545 USA
http://www.boxersoftware.com

pgb9607> I'd like to run boxer macros from Text Monkey. The result of the
pgb9607> macro would show up in the clipboard. Perhaps a built-in com server
pgb9607> arrangement from Text Monkey to Boxer? Text Monkey would no longer
pgb9607> be a completely independent program and would require a re-write...

I'll get right on that.  :-)

I realize that the programs do sometimes complement each other, but I'm
inclined to let Text Monkey be Text Monkey.

But note this: Most any macro can be made to export its result to the
Windows clipboard, typically by adding these two lines at the bottom:

SelectAllText();
Copy();

Best,

David

== Developers of the award-winning Boxer Text Editor ==

Hi Cliff,

Cliff> Slightly off topic.

That's ok...

Cliff> What are Boxer users with Android/Droid phones using for text file
Cliff> editing or even viewing on their phones?

I haven't yet had the need to edit or even view a text file on my Droid. I
suspect if you search "file viewer" or "text editor" on Market or (better)
AppBrain, something will turn up.


Best,

David


== Developers of the award-winning Boxer Text Editor ==

David Hamel
Boxer Software
david@...

voice: 602-485-1635; fax: 602-485-1636; sales: 800-982-6937
P.O. Box 14545, Scottsdale, AZ, 85267-4545 USA
http://www.boxersoftware.com

Thanks Dave,

Been playing around with TxtPad Lite.  Seems pretty good.  Just curious what
other Boxer users might have been using.

Lately I have been debugging CSV file upload issues, so I have been having
users send me the files they are trying to upload.  When I open them in a
text editor, I can usually spot the problems right away (extraneous commas,
etc).

-Cliff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boxer@yahoogroups.com [mailto:boxer@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> David Hamel, Boxer Software
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 11:02 AM
> To: Cliff Frescura
> Subject: Re: [boxer] Text Editor/Viewer for Android?
>
> Hi Cliff,
>
> Cliff> Slightly off topic.
>
> That's ok...
>
> Cliff> What are Boxer users with Android/Droid phones using for text
> file
> Cliff> editing or even viewing on their phones?
>
> I haven't yet had the need to edit or even view a text file on my
> Droid. I
> suspect if you search "file viewer" or "text editor" on Market or
> (better)
> AppBrain, something will turn up.
>
>
> Best,
>
> David
>
>
> == Developers of the award-winning Boxer Text Editor ==
>
> David Hamel
> Boxer Software
> david@...
>
> voice: 602-485-1635; fax: 602-485-1636; sales: 800-982-6937
> P.O. Box 14545, Scottsdale, AZ, 85267-4545 USA
> http://www.boxersoftware.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Hi Glenn,

Thanks for your note...

Glenn> I know there was some discussion of this a while ago, but I can't
Glenn> find it, so .. I work on two screens at work with Boxer on the aux.
Glenn> screen. When I dial in through VPN and Remote Desktop, I'm only
Glenn> allowed one screen. The main window of Boxer moves to the main screen
Glenn> alright, but all the pop-ups stay on the aux screen where I can't see
Glenn> them of course. So the question is: is there a config box I'm missing
Glenn> that would say "Always follow the Main window with dialog boxes"?
Glenn> Thanks,Glenn  _,___

No, there's no single option to force dialogs to the same screen as the
parent. Some of the dialogs automatically pop-up over the center of the
application, no matter where it is. Others store their location independent
of the main window's location. For tool windows, for example, users may
choose to scatter them around the edges of the screen in locations that
don't overlap the main window.

Here's a tip that might help:

When you've just opened a dialog and found it to be invisible, do this,
blindly:

Alt+Space
M
<Enter>

Then stand on the appropriate arrow key to bring the missing dialog back
into view.



Best,

David


== Developers of the award-winning Boxer Text Editor ==

David Hamel
Boxer Software
david@...

voice: 602-485-1635; fax: 602-485-1636; sales: 800-982-6937
P.O. Box 14545, Scottsdale, AZ, 85267-4545 USA
http://www.boxersoftware.com

Maybe Glenn could use two separate shortcuts, one for local and one for
remote use, that each uses a different INI file (through the -i command
line option) to store its settings. Assuming that the window locations
are saved in it, that would keep 'local' editing sessions from cluttering
up the 'remote' window layout.

 

I know there was some discussion of this a while ago, but I can't find it, so .. I work on two screens at work with Boxer on the aux. screen. When I dial in through VPN and Remote Desktop, I'm only allowed one screen.   The main window of Boxer moves to the main screen alright, but all the pop-ups stay on the aux screen where I can't see them of course. So the question is: is there a config box I'm missing that would say "Always follow the Main window with dialog boxes"? Thanks, Glenn  _,___

As a first try to write a macro in Boxer 14, I wrote:
macro QuickExit1()
{
SaveAll;
Exit;
}
which works as expected when I have changed anything, but if not, I
get an annoying message box  "The SaveAll command on Line 5 was not
able to run because it was disabled ...", and Boxer does not exit.
How do I check whether SaveAll is enabled?
- Karl

Try something along the lines of:

if (Dirty)
      {
      SaveAll;
      }

Jeremy Cowgar
http://www.kb8lfa.com


------ Original Message ------
From: "Karl" <mail-boxer@...>
To: boxer@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 9/27/2010 5:30:32 PM
Subject: [boxer] SaveAll in a macro
>As a first try to write a macro in Boxer 14, I wrote:
>macro QuickExit1()
>{
>SaveAll;
>Exit;
>}
>which works as expected when I have changed anything, but if not, I
>get an annoying message box  "The SaveAll command on Line 5 was not
>able to run because it was disabled ...", and Boxer does not exit.
>How do I check whether SaveAll is enabled?
>- Karl
>
>
>
>------------------------------------
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

 

Try something along the lines of:

if (Dirty)
{
SaveAll;
}

Jeremy Cowgar
http://www.kb8lfa.com/


------ Original Message ------
From: "Karl" <mail-boxer@... >
To: boxer@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 9/27/2010 5:30:32 PM
Subject: [boxer] SaveAll in a macro
>As a first try to write a macro in Boxer 14, I wrote:
>macro QuickExit1()
>{
>SaveAll;
>Exit;
>}
>which works as expected when I have changed anything, but if not, I
>get an annoying message box "The SaveAll command on Line 5 was not
>able to run because it was disabled ...", and Boxer does not exit.
>How do I check whether SaveAll is enabled?
>- Karl
>
>
>
>------------------------------------
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

Hi Karl,

Thanks for your note...

Karl> As a first try to write a macro in Boxer 14, I wrote:
Karl> macro QuickExit1()
Karl> {
Karl> SaveAll;
Karl> Exit;
Karl> }

Karl> which works as expected when I have changed anything, but if not, I
Karl> get an annoying message box  "The SaveAll command on Line 5 was not
Karl> able to run because it was disabled ...", and Boxer does not exit.
Karl> How do I check whether SaveAll is enabled?

This will do the job, and illustrate some of the extra ability of
the language along the way:

macro QuickExit()
{
int i;
int need_saving = 0;

for (i = 0; i < FileCount() && need_saving == 0; i++)
     if (modified)
         need_saving++;

if (need_saving > 0)
     SaveAll();

Exit;
}


Note: The '1' you appended to QuickExit is fine, but if you did that to
facilitate a subsequent key assignment, it's the filename itself
(eg, QuickExit1.bm) that needs the digit.


Best,

David


== Developers of the award-winning Boxer Text Editor ==

David Hamel
Boxer Software
david@...

voice: 602-485-1635; fax: 602-485-1636; sales: 800-982-6937
P.O. Box 14545, Scottsdale, AZ, 85267-4545 USA
http://www.boxersoftware.com

Whoops, posted too fast:

macro QuickExit()
{
int i;
int need_saving = 0;

for (i = 0; i < FileCount() && need_saving == 0; i++)
     {
     if (modified)
         need_saving++;

     WindowNext();
     }

if (need_saving > 0)
         SaveAll();

Exit;
}

Thank you. While this finally does the job, it has an even more
annoying problem.

Assume that I had entered "b *.hpp", to look for something in my 40+
header files, without having found a need to change anything.
When I now call the QuickExit macro, I have to spend half a minute to
see Boxer to display each one of the 40+ windows one after another
before exiting.

What I need is a "silent" way to check whether SaveAll is active
(or a way to force SaveAll being active but doing nothing when no file
is to be saved).

Best wishes
Karl

--
2010-09-28 10:00, you wrote:

> macro QuickExit()
> {
> int i;
> int need_saving = 0;

> for (i = 0; i < FileCount() && need_saving == 0; i++)
>     {
>     if (modified)
>         need_saving++;
>
>     WindowNext();
>     }

if (need_saving >> 0)
>         SaveAll();
>
> Exit;
> }

2010-09-28 10:26, I wrote:

> What I need is a "silent" way to check whether SaveAll is active
> (or a way to force SaveAll being active but doing nothing when no file
> is to be saved).

Or to redefine the *macro function* SaveAll as to issue the *command*
SaveAll whenever this is active, and to do simply nothing otherwise
(maybe except giving a different return value).

Best wishes
Karl

Hi gang!  BTE... doin' me great... lovin' it!

I'm driving BTE on a Win7 bucket of bison snot, and W7 has been known to
commandeer software colors... along with numerous other distasteful things. 
Does anyone know if I can change the font colors, size, family, etc... of the
text on the FILE TABS part of BTE?  Thanks for any help on that.  Its certainly
no show-stopper for me, either way.  I simply changed to my Halloween motif, and
thought... man, Boxer looks GREAT in these colors but I could use WHITE text on
my font tabs... just to put the frost(ing) on the pumpkin.  :)

Take care!
Wingnut (Larry)

PS: Pls use wingthing at charter.net for personal replies, as needed.

Hi Wingnut,

wingthing2003> I'm driving BTE on a Win7 bucket of bison snot, and W7 has
wingthing2003> been known to commandeer software colors... along with
wingthing2003> numerous other distasteful things. Does anyone know if I can
wingthing2003> change the font colors, size, family, etc... of the text on
wingthing2003> the FILE TABS part of BTE? Thanks for any help on that. Its
wingthing2003> certainly no show-stopper for me, either way. I simply
wingthing2003> changed to my Halloween motif, and thought... man, Boxer
wingthing2003> looks GREAT in these colors but I could use WHITE text on my
wingthing2003> font tabs... just to put the frost(ing) on the pumpkin. :)

I can report that there's no built-in setting in Boxer to change the color
of the text on the file tabs. But I would expect that there is some system
setting that would affect that text... I just don't know what it would be
called.  Maybe the same as the menu text?  Icon text?  Those are a couple
to try.

Best,

David


== Developers of the award-winning Boxer Text Editor ==

David Hamel
Boxer Software
david@...

voice: 602-485-1635; fax: 602-485-1636; sales: 800-982-6937
P.O. Box 14545, Scottsdale, AZ, 85267-4545 USA
http://www.boxersoftware.com

W> When I run "Test Tool" everything looks great. When I run the actual
W> user tool I get "wscript cannot be found". If I navigate to the
W> shown directory and run it from a command prompt, it works (Both
W> with and without the quotes BTW). I am on Vista

W> Any hints anyone?

- Does it work if you run Boxer elevated (i.e. with full Admin rights)?
- Are you using a utility like TameDOS that may interfere with command
   line execution?

You could also try the SysInternals 'Process Monitor' utility to see if
it offers any additional information:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
(with it capturing all system activity, try to run your user tool in
Boxer. Then return to P.M., stop the capturing and search the log for
'wscript' to find the part where Boxer is trying to execute it).

Regards,

-Daan-

W> Any hints anyone?

Two more suggestions:

  - You could try the tool using another .exe program, something
    simple that is sure to run.

  - Replace the $WinDirsystem32 part by the actual path and see
    if that makes a difference.

Regards,

-Daan-

I have a question on Boxer FTP.  I currently can use the FTP Save As
command and save my files to our server with FTP but I have to go to
that UNIX server and change the attributes.  Boxer saves it with Unix
640  and I have to change that to 775.  To give all the right
permissions on Read/Write/Execute.


Anyone know how to configure Boxer to save with this level of
permission?