Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!peter_alau@playstation.sony.com From: Scott Cartier Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.gnu_compiler Subject: Re: make Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 10:06:28 -0800 Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 28 Message-ID: <36EFEF24.F107589@vmlabs.com> References: <7aqhqg$erp24@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36D12139.4E38ECCE@scee.sony.co.uk> <7bkjpc$9he23@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <7com2a$fu910@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: vmlabs68.vmlabs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en > Can anyone tell me why I can't 'Save As' any files in Notepad without a file > extension? It always adds .txt as default, which doesn't seem to work when I > run 'make'. This was part of the reason I thought of using DOS Edit, but > after reading this and seeing the problems it causes I probably won't use it > now! Also, does Wordpad add a file extension by default, or can I save files > without one? Oh and by the way, I have tried choosing 'Save Type As: All > files *.*" but it still doesn't work! > > Rikki Yeah, Notepad is really annoying that way. There's a way around it though. Instead of having a link to the Notepad executable, I have a link to a blank document (which automatically opens in Notepad). I just called it blank.txt. Open that to start a new document and then when you choose "Save As" you can pick your own extension without it appending .txt. Wordpad is nice too because of Notepad's innate filesize limit. Wordpad does not force any particular extension. Personally, I use a DOS port of EMACS which I open in a DOS box. I also use EMACS at work so it makes things easier on me only having to remember one set of commands. It's also much more powerful than Notepad or Wordpad. But then there's that whole EMACS/VI debate which I don't want to touch :) Scott