Re: Copy & Paste on a command line -- MIDRANGE-L

Word can reformat text files and turn multiple lines into a single
'paragraph'. Click on the '�' button on the toolbar to see the control
codes. A paragraph in Word is really one line. Word will wrap it within
its defined margins.

I like Textpad for this kind of thing. If you turn wordwrap OFF and
reformat (CRTL-SHIFT-J) and you have 'Word Break' on in preferences, you
get it formatted within the line length, with line breaks. If you have
wordwrap ON, you don't get the line breaks. This is a great way (IMO) to
format SQL, say, then set line length to 77 (1 less than length of line
to paste into), then reformat and you can paste into Interactive SQL.

TextPad can also save as UNIX, DOS, or MAC - difference is the line
delimiters.

BTW, it's cheap - c. $30 US. There are some who've contributed RPG
syntax files for it, even! <www.textpad.com>. I use it, I love, it, I
don't sell it.  <g>

Chris Bipes wrote:
>
> Your right it does not wrap it.  That sucks.  Never had a need to do that
> before.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Bale [mailto:dbale@samsa.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:13 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Copy & Paste on a command line
>
> I'm running CA v3r2.  Lamar is using CAE 5.1.  When you mentioned Field
> Wrap, I was referring to how it works on CA v3r2.  The help text I quoted
> seems to indicate that it doesn't function for the purpose that Lamar was
> asking about.
>
> Someone else posted a link to an IBM page about a new feature PTF'd for CAE
> which appears to add a new type of pasting option that seems to fit Lamar's
> bill.
>
> Ahh.  If you're copying text from our list email and pasting that, the line
> breaks are already fed in (by the list server software?).  Try copying a
> 3-line paragraph from a Word document and pasting it to command screen; I'm
> betting only the line that the cursor is on gets filled.  Let me know if I'm
> wrong!
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