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Posted by Donovan
Aug 30, 2019 at 07:10 PM
Again, ResophNotes. It does everything you seem to want to do.
The OP listed what he’s looking for:
I have folders of many small text files, and I need to go through them all and edit each one. This is made especially tedious by the limitations of the file managers I use. For each file I have to: (1) highlight the file in the file list pane; (2) load the file in a text editor (double-click or press F4); (3) edit the file; (4) save the file (Ctrl+S, or using mouse); (5) close the editor (Esc or other key); (6) move highlight to next file. Repeat for all files.
—-I would like to find a file manager with a viewer pane that is also an editor - anybody know of one? Ideally after highlighting the file in the file list pane, I could tab to the editor pane, make my edits, then tab back to the list pane, saving the edits automatically. Anybody know of any such a file manager?—-
ResophNotes:
You can enter tons of individual text files. Just drag them into the Resoph folder.
(This requires the option “to be kept as single files” to be toggled on)
It loads them all into a list on the left side.
Whichever note is highlighted on the left is shown in the right pane - and editable!
Quickly move on to the next note.
The notes can then be exported as one large file with lines separating each note.
At that point, everything you asked for is almost exactly as you defined the software you are looking for!
Here is an old review.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ditch-notepad-organize-all-your-scattered-notes-neatly-on-resophnotes-windows/
Ignore the Simplenote synching as it sounds like that’s not necessary for your needs.
Good luck!
Posted by Donovan
Aug 30, 2019 at 07:48 PM
I obviously meant “everything THEY” looked for, not “you.”
Sorry.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 31, 2019 at 01:16 PM
Thanks for the link to Txtcollector; it may well prove handy!
jimspoon wrote:
>I would like to find a file manager with a viewer pane that is also an
>editor - anybody know of one?
I assume that you are in WIndows (since Txtcollector is a Windows programme). I know that Xplorer2 https://www.zabkat.com/x2facts.htm offers this functionality. There may well be others.
The alternative is to find a text editor with an integrated file manager pane. Some have already been mentioned above. Indeed, “projects” in programmers’ editors represent whole trees of files, directly accessible and editable. You may want to check out Visual Studio in this regard https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/8060/0/visual-studio-code-for-outlining-and-crimping
If you find the above a bit too heavy, you may want to check out TextPad https://www.textpad.com/ It’s not free, but its price is quite moderate, particularly given the current GBP exchange rate (the reasons of which are not suitable for discussing at a civil forum such as this one…)
>Even better, it would be great I could find a text editor into which I
>could load many files at once, with all files appearing consecutively in
>a single window, with some kind of visual indication of the boundary
>between each file. Each file could then be edited by browsing through
>the single “virtual file” and making edits. When the “virtual file” is
>saved, the changes would be saved to each of the individual text files
>that makes up the “virtual file”. I seem to recall that the Sense
>editor had some kind of capability like this?
It’s quite interesting that such a wish—or variations thereof—appears here once in a decade or so, and the answer remains the same… See here for more:
https://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/19171
What the Sense editor can do is rather different, i.e. to show various views of the same document.
Posted by Andy Brice
Sep 2, 2019 at 04:32 PM
@jimspoon
Our Easy Data Transform software for Windows and Mac can do some of what you want and it is currently *free*:
https://www.easydatatransform.com
3 minute video:
https://www.screencast.com/t/EkvJ4XhhsX
But currently:
-you will have to drag all the files into it (the ability to add folders recursively would be a useful addition)
-it won’t add delimiters between the files (this would also be a useful addition)
Also it will create a new aggregated file. But it won’t modify the originals. That is by design and is unlikely to change.
I am keen to get feedback. If you try it, let me know how you get on:
https://www.easydatatransform.com/contact.html
Posted by jimspoon
Sep 3, 2019 at 12:25 PM
Thanks for everybody for the replies! The first thing I’m going to try is ResophNotes. I had forgotten about it!
Meanwhile, I’m embarrassed to say that when I actually tried TxtCollector, I couldn’t get it to work. I haven’t yet had time to troubleshoot it.
Meanwhile - I found some other solutions on this page:
5 Ways To Combine or Merge Multiple Text Files • Raymond.CC - https://www.raymond.cc/blog/combine-or-merge-all-text-files-with-txtcollector/
Here are links to some programs mentioned there -
Text Merge and Text Split - http://www.maliska.net/mal/
Text File Joiners - https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/Text-File-Joiner.shtml
Notepad++ Combine plugin - http://www.scout-soft.com/combine/