I too, would like an answer to this one.  I have heard of one clone called
"Metapad" but I gave that up quickly as I experienced the same problems you
did.  What I'm sure we'd all be interested in though is what types of
features you are looking for in a notepad clone?

Phil.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Porter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 1:00 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Boldly go with notepad


> Hi all.
>
> I'm looking for a simple notepad clone to run in W98SE that has BOLD,
ITALIC
> and UNDERLINE facilities.
>
> I have Word, of course, but it's far too clever for my current needs. And
I
> suppose Wordpad's an option, but that's a bit over-educated, too.
>
> I've been using EditPad Lite for several years now, just renaming it
> 'Notepad.exe' and a copy as '_notepad.exe' (which puts it at the head of
the
> 'Open With' list, so you don't have to scroll down the list to find it),
but
> though this little app is pretty effective, and has all kinds of features,
> it doesn't have the ones I want.
>
> I think I've tried almost every text editor available but perhaps I've
> missed one.  Even just BOLD and UNDERLINE would do.  Does anyone know of
> such an animal?
>
> TIA
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
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