hints.txt help

damientheomen3 · 11-09-2009, 07:21 PM

Hey. I wanna edit the hints.txt file, but when I open it in notepad its just a big mess of quotes mashed together. Is there a better program that I can use for it? And, what do I need to do in order to seperate any hints that I make (e.g. put commas or parentheses)?

kq76 · 11-09-2009, 09:04 PM

Well, if you don't have one, you could definitely use a better text editor. There are numerous ones out there, including some good free basic ones and some that are better if you like to do a little programming. I use EditPlus while many swear by UltraEdit, but neither are free.

To separate the hints you just put them on separate lines. In a proper text editor each hint should visibly be on a new line.

damientheomen3 · 11-09-2009, 09:31 PM

Thanks kq!

Afino · 11-09-2009, 10:54 PM

I opened it in Open Office's Word program and it worked just fine.

I had noticed this issue too, so I tried that

TribeFanInNC · 11-10-2009, 08:57 AM

Wordpad tends to work better than notepad IMO.

kq76 · 11-10-2009, 10:48 AM

Editing the hints.txt file in those programs may or may not be fine, but I find that too often editing a file that will be read by another program in anything but a text editor designed for programming will somehow throw a wrench into it all. Take phpbb files for example, they need to be encoded in UTF-8(w/o BOM), not UTF-8(w/ BOM) like notepad and wordpad encode in. You screw up a lot of work in wordpad once and if you're like me you'll never use it again.

Besides, notepad++ for example has a lot of cool features to make your life easier and if it's just as free, why not.

As for OOo's Writer, I like it a lot, a lot more than I like MSO's Word, but I only use it for actual documents that I'll be printing out or something. I generally like to stick to .txt for everyday use files as they're small in size and simple.

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kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,022	Well, if you don't have one, you could definitely use a better text editor. There are numerous ones out there, including some good free basic ones and some that are better if you like to do a little programming. I use EditPlus while many swear by UltraEdit, but neither are free. To separate the hints you just put them on separate lines. In a proper text editor each hint should visibly be on a new line. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) For Beta/Devs: Full screen (1920x1080) Last edited by kq76; 11-09-2009 at 09:06 PM.

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11-10-2009, 10:48 AM	#6
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,022	Editing the hints.txt file in those programs may or may not be fine, but I find that too often editing a file that will be read by another program in anything but a text editor designed for programming will somehow throw a wrench into it all. Take phpbb files for example, they need to be encoded in UTF-8(w/o BOM), not UTF-8(w/ BOM) like notepad and wordpad encode in. You screw up a lot of work in wordpad once and if you're like me you'll never use it again. Besides, notepad++ for example has a lot of cool features to make your life easier and if it's just as free, why not. As for OOo's Writer, I like it a lot, a lot more than I like MSO's Word, but I only use it for actual documents that I'll be printing out or something. I generally like to stick to .txt for everyday use files as they're small in size and simple. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist \| My FAQ List OOTP Wiki \| Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) For Beta/Devs: Full screen (1920x1080)

11-10-2009, 08:57 AM	#5
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	Wordpad tends to work better than notepad IMO.