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How to quickly autonumber text lists?
superboyac:
I'm looking for efficient ways to autonumber any kind of text list (in other words, I'm not looking for a file renamer). Often when I write, I make lists. I number the lists manually. This is because the autonumbering features in Word are bad. And I also number things in a lot of other programs manually. So I need a general text-only way to autonumber lists.
I tried TextMonkey. It has autonumbering features. The problem with it is that I can't specify what characters (or tabs) to isnert between the number and the actual sentence. I need to be able to control that. Sometimes I want one space, sometimes two, sometimes a tab, sometimes a bunch of weird symbols.
I'm currently looking at the different text editors. Sometimes, each program has cool, nifty features built in like this. I haven't found one that can do autonumbering yet. Can anyone recommend anything?
cranioscopical:
Might look at Boxer
or does that look as if it will give you the same problem as you have with Text Monkey?
Can you do something with Clipboard Help+Spell's template stuff?
lanux128:
PSPad has this support as well..
Numbering
This option allows you to insert numbering at the start of every line in the file or every selected line.
The values marked 3 in the picture above show you how your numbering will look when applied.
The value entered in the box marked 4 in the picture is used as the starting value.
The value entered in the box marked 5 in the picture determines how many characters will be used for the numbering. The numbers are left-padded with zeros.
The character(s) entered in the boxed marked 6 above are used to separate the numbering characters from the text on the line.
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mouser:
nice thread, i have to bookmark this as i will surely need it in the future. sounds like pspad (free) to the rescue.
AndyM:
Often when I write, I make lists. I number the lists manually.
-superboyac (October 13, 2010, 04:49 PM)
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out of curiousity, what software do you use to write the lists?
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