Have you tried Ecco lately? you really ought to, you know.

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Posted by Dr Andus
Dec 18, 2012 at 02:30 AM

jimspoon wrote:
Hi - I hope they don’t mind, but I’ve uploaded the key Ecco files and
>manual pdf to a shared folder on Dropbox - this is the link :
> >https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wgcy1a4m9bjb1o8/j3CMqzSGkx

Thanks for this, Jim. Now I just need to find a use for ECCO in my arsenal… :)

Posted by jimspoon
Dec 18, 2012 at 06:22 AM

@shatteredmindofbob re how to hoist—

quick answer - Ctrl+Shift+H to hoist, Ctrl+Shift+U to unhoist.

Notice the “folder icon” in the notepad will change to indicate that item below has been hoisted up

longer answer:

Hoisting is one of the features I never bothered to use. I’m sure there’s a toolbar button for it, but I don’t even use the toolbar. I turned it on using Tools / Toolbar. I found the keyboard shortcuts for Hoist and Unhoist by going into EccoExt options - right click EccoExt icon in system tray, EccoExt Options, Shortcut, Item category, Hoist. In that same list of shortcuts, I also see commands for Hoist Up Level and ReHoist, don’t know what those are. Somebody would in the Ecco_Pro yahoo group, though.

@drandus - I hope you find something useful in Ecco. If nothing else, it can be used as a simple outliner / text editor, and it excels at that.

Another resource for eccoext -

http://eccoextdoc.wikispaces.com

Posted by razorboy
Dec 27, 2012 at 04:14 AM

I see that compusol (?????) is marketing Ecco Pro. What do y’all think of this version?

Posted by jimspoon
Dec 27, 2012 at 05:09 AM

Hi Razorboy,

I’d stay away from Compusol. The guy behind Compusol doesn’t own the Ecco Pro software; I think he just cobbled together an “installer” for it, and I think he offers consulting. Ecco Pro was owned by Netmanage which sold out to a company in England called Micro Focus. I think Micro Focus was interested only in the networking software; they have no interest in doing anything with Ecco Pro.

The place to go is the ecco_pro (with underscore) Yahoo group - not the “eccopro” group (without the underscore). The ecco_pro group is a very active group and you can get everything you need there - including the actively-developed “Ecco Extension” - without paying anybody. The “eccopro” group is connected with the Compusol guy, and it’s pretty dead.

As an aside, a new version of the Ecco Extension (4.6.5.3) was just released a couple of hours ago!. It is written by a fellow in China who goes by the name of “Slangmgh”. It’s always fun to see what new feature he’s added to the software.

jim

Posted by razorboy
Dec 27, 2012 at 05:26 AM

Thanks, Jim.

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