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Re: BBEdit question

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From: Stuart M Castergine
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:54
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In article <1992Sep15.011603.28427@brtph560.bnr.ca> Pete Kelly <pfkelly@bnr.ca> writes:
>In article <1992Sep15.002818.19706@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Stuart M

>>/info-mac/util/word-wrap-patch.hqx
>>
>
>Will the patch enable BBEdit to automatically wrap the text of an
>existing file when it's opened ?  I like the editor too but I also get
>tired of having to invoke the wrap sequence each time I want to look at a
>READ ME file I've just received with a download.

No, it won't do that -- it just wraps lines as you are typing, but
Alpha (shareware $25) looks for files that have lines longer than a
certain length and asks you when you open them if you want it to wrap
them for you.

I keep teachtext around for the specific purpose of looking at those
readme files. :-)

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