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WARNING! WARNING! DO NOT use windows Note pad to edit code. Windoze adds an extra extension to save file and stops it working! Notepad does more than that.. it also adds invisible characters inside the file itself, which breaks things. Wordpad, however, does not mangle things. However, ...

... WARNING! WARNING! DO NOT use windows Note pad to edit code. Windoze adds an extra extension to save file and stops it working! I use Notepad++ It is a Free download. ** ALSO, Really, I mean Really, use a copy of the addon code to mess around with. ** These are the code for my turrets. ...

So the consensus is that sourceforge is wrapping someone else's sausages in their own bad bacon?

Evil pigs in blankets.

... :lol: ) If you're using some flavour of Windows, Wordpad is ok, Notepad is EVIL (breaks things) but Notepad++ is what we recommend. If you're using some flavour of Linux ...

... what program do you use to open .js files? Get Notepad++ (or use Wordpad) - Notepad is not good. Notepad is worse than "not good".. it's evil .. it breaks Oolite files. Edit: Weird.. whenever I try to download it from that sourceforge ...

Disembodied wrote:

Don't use Wordpad, though, as it can (I believe) have odd effects.

Nope. Wordpad is absolutely fine. Notepad is the evil one.

... not necessarily, if you're using Windoze, at least.. Wordpad is ok.. Notepad++ is better.. plain old Notepad is purest evil, and does horrible things to Oolite files.. Note that I did not mention writing, and for ...

... not necessarily, if you're using Windoze, at least.. Wordpad is ok.. Notepad++ is better.. plain old Notepad is purest evil, and does horrible things to Oolite files.. It's a good thing you're using Ubuntu, CapnSkweek.. ...

... windows and edit the file to your preferences. If that helps. WARNING: NOTEPAD IS :evil: EVIL!!! :evil: It'll add file-corrupting metadata, so you'll need to use another editor, ...

Ramirez uses macs so he's blissfully unaware!

Either use wordpad (included in windows) or notepad++ (freeware) or any other 'proper' text editor. Notepad is indeed 'evil'...

Search: notepad evil ..... Search found 16 matches: https://bb.oolite.space/search.php?keywords=notepad+evil&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search ...

Search: notepad evil

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Search found 16 matches: https://bb.oolite.space/search.php?k ... mit=Search

(Okay, 17 now that I posted this...)

... wouldn't have had any problems at all. Do search this forum for both notepad & evil for the full explanation! :) PS: I use the free notepad++ for any text editing, it's a ...

... . Open that with the editor of your choice (note: don't choose Notepad , because it is evil !). It contains the definitions of each type of pods. The interesting part for you is ...

It's possible that the evil-text-editor-that-shall-not-be-named has surreptitiously added ".txt" to ... see it. While you're at it, you should also associate oolite-saves and plists with Notepad++ so they will automatically open in the correct editor.