Garrett's Shadow on 21/2/2011 at 01:08
I hope this is the right forum for this.
A good number of the readme's in the FMs have long (edge to edge) sentences
that you have to side scroll to read.
I find this to be a pain, can someone remind my old brain how the heck to activate
word wrap so I dont have to side scroll!
Yakoob on 21/2/2011 at 03:07
Resize the window?
Enchantermon on 21/2/2011 at 03:56
Are we talking about Notepad files?
If so, the Word Wrap option is in the Format menu.
Kolya on 21/2/2011 at 23:02
Of course there's no such thing as notepad files. Readmes are usually just text files which do open in notepad on Windows by default. But depending in which program you open them, the option might be elsewhere, eg in Notepad++ you have a handy button on the toolbar and a "Word wrap" option in the "View" menu.
baeuchlein on 22/2/2011 at 19:06
Are we speaking about files opened by external programs (such as Notepad, Wordpad or whatever), or is this a problem when reading texts in Darkloader or Garrettloader?
Garrett's Shadow on 25/2/2011 at 15:25
I usually read the "readme's" from the link to it on the thiefmissions page for the specific FM.
(when you click on the FM name to DL it.)
Have looked at everything I can think of to find the word wrap function!
Kolya on 26/2/2011 at 11:24
I assume they're just opening in your browser then. But to make sure you'll have to click such a link and when the text is displayed look at the uppermost bar of the window surrounding it. It's usually blue and will name the program you're watching the text in.
If it is Firefox, while viewing the text file press Ctrl+U. This will open the text file in a separate source code view (makes no difference for pure text), then in the "View" menu check "Wrap long lines".
Garrett's Shadow on 26/2/2011 at 16:02
Thanks Kolya!
I am using IE - can I apply word wrap in IE?
(ctrl+U does'nt work in IE I guess)
Kolya on 26/2/2011 at 17:10
IE works very similar, only you don't have a shortcut for the source code viewer. Select the "View" menu and there "Source Code" instead (name might be similar, I'm going by German IE).
Once the source code viewer is open, it's just like Notepad: "Format" menu, select "Word wrap".
Al_B on 26/2/2011 at 19:49
As an alternative you may want to give google chrome a shot. It wraps text files to the browser window automatically without having to view the source code.
