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Article #1113re: Filespecs for Notepad
From: connolly
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:52
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:52
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In article <1992Nov18.071223.9086@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au> johnh@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Haddy) writes: >If notepad is called by some other portion of windows, the filespec displayed >when one goes to OPEN a file reflects the appropriate extensions (e.g. *.TXT or >*.CFG etc.) > >How can I call Notepad and set this myself? For example, if I execute Notepad >from my cross-assemblers group I want a default of *.asm, rather than having to >either wade through an ALL FILES (*.*) list or explicitly set *.ASM after >starting Notepad. > >JohnH > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > | _ |_ _ |_| _ _| _| Electronics Department > |_| (_) | | | | | | (_| (_| (_| \/ School of MPCE > ---------------------------------/- Macquarie University > Sydney, AUSTRALIA 2109 > > Email: johnh@mpce.mq.edu.au, Ph: +61 2 805 8959, Fax: +61 2 805 8983 > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Create an empty (or not) file with a .asm (or any other) extension, and drag it from the file manager to the cross-assemblers (or whatever) group. Now youll have a handy way to start notepad with the right extension in the file list box. By the way, be sure to associate .asm with notepad, or else edit the program item properties box corresponding to the empty file to read command line "notepad empty.asm". Steve Connolly connolly@me.msu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!ukma!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!news From: connolly@me.msu.edu Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup Subject: re: Filespecs for Notepad Message-ID: <1992Nov19.175212.6632@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 19 Nov 92 17:52:12 GMT References: <1992Nov18.071223.9086@mailhost.ocs.mq.edu.au> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 31