Wednesday, December 9, 2009

> *BEGIN RANT*

Guess you don't like WordPad... :-)

> The fact that you are even discussing whether or
> not to use WordPad for **programming** is sad beyond words

Hmm, not sure you read my message; I _did_ write,

> I've often used WordPad as well for making a quick change

The operative word there is "quick". I think this is the issue Jason said as
well--just a simple change to the .ini file, not trying to build an
amazon.com replacement.

On the web servers I access (which is tightly controlled by the client's
IT), it's not possible to install a real text editor. And for a dead-simple
change, it's a little overkill to copy the client file to my computer, make
the change, and then copy it back. (Yeah, maybe this is an "official" way to
do things, but again, for a 5 character change to a file, sometimes one can
live dangerously... :-)

In this case, however, looks like Jason was burned by whatever change
appears to be in WordPad on Vista. And I think it's good that he figured it
out and posted it here (so the rest of us won't get bit by that one, since
I've done the same thing).

I (and I think it's safe to say 100% of anybody reading this list) would
never dream of using WordPad for **programming**. Much more fun to use punch
cards and batch processing. Seriously, once you've used TextMate (with your
Active4D bundle), life is smooth.

Cheers!

Michael Larue

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