v1.2 - Freeware
- Removed option to change toolbar bitmaps and removed the gray buttons.
- Added HTML code hotkeys: Press Ctrl+Enter to get a line break (<br>). And press Ctrl+Space to get a non-breaking space ( ).
- Added option to associate .txt files with Shalom Txt (Options menu).
- Added Tool button to the toolbar.
- Added Close button to the toolbar.
- Added selection of paragraphs to the Edit menu. Shift+Ctrl+P or Shift+Ctrl+F.
- Added option: Only one row of tabs.
- Added option to hide the bitmaps on the toolbar buttons.
- Moved 4 of the string tools to a new, tabbed window. Click the Tool button to open it.
- Changed tool behaviour so that all tools are applied to selected lines or - if no text is selected - to the whole document. Furthermore the selection of text is now unchanged after the use of a tool.
- Changed the keyboard shortcuts to the string tools.
What is it?
Shalom Txt is a text editor, meant for editing flat text files with no formatting. It should be able to run on Windows 9x/ME/NT4 and Windows 2000.
I've tried to make a straightforward editor with all the standard functions including printing, print preview, popup menu, toolbar, find and replace, recent files list etc. And then added some extras (see below image).
I know there are a billion free text editors. So why this one? Well, I've been working on the perfect editor for some years and one day I needed a break from another project and decided to put together a small editor with the basic architecture and some of the string manipulating tools I've developed for my own use. The perfect editor will have to wait a bit longer.
Besides the standard functions I've added some extras:
- Tools for manipulating strings (see list below)
- Information about the current file (word count, character count, paragraph count, average word length etc)
- Multi document interface using tabs (much handier than windows)
- A symbol appears on the document tab if a file is modified
- Command line arguments (i.e., one or more file paths)
- Status bar showing Insert/Overwrite, cursor position, file size and number of selected characters
- Ability to save or close all opened files with one click
- Customization of font (size, color, style) and background color
- Choose what shortcut to exit the program with (Esc or Alt+X)
- Add To Each Line - Use this to add text to the start or the beginning of the selected lines.
- Fix Line Breaks - Changes all line breaks to standard window line breaks (for text from Unix environment).
- Frame Lines - Puts a frame (made with a character) around the selected lines.
- Remove Characters From Each Line - Use this to remove a certain number of characters from the start or the beginning of the selected lines.
- Remove Blank Lines - Removes empty lines.
- Remove From Each Line - Use this to remove text from the start or the beginning of the selected lines.
- Sort Lines - Sorts lines alphabetically.
- Trim Lines - Removes spaces from the start and end of each selected line.
- Unbreak Lines - Unbreaks lines, i.e., connects lines that aren't followed by an empty line.
Download
Shalom Txt v1.2 (416 kb; install program that doesn't copy anything to the system folders; uninstall program and detailed help file included).
Made with
Borland Delphi 4 on Windows 2000.
Updated January 15, 2002 (Web link of Chinese patch updated.)
Finn@Ekberg.com