Preview handler for text files?

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PeterPanino
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Preview handler for text files?

Post by PeterPanino »

Does anybody know a text preview handler which I could install to use it with Everything?

It should have the following features:

• Preview plain text files with customizable extensions, e.g. log, ini, pas, cpp, etc.

• Search and research (F3) inside the previewed text file

• Customizable Syntax highlightings

• Being able to highlight a specific search-term throughout the whole file
terrypin
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Re: Preview handler for text files?

Post by terrypin »

I'm not sure what a 'text preview handler' is in this context? Can't any text editor be described as such?

Anyway, I use TextPad, http://www.textpad.com/ which I think has the functionality you described.

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horst.epp
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Re: Preview handler for text files?

Post by horst.epp »

The Windows 10 preview handler displays all you file types in Everything preview.
But to get all your other functions you have to open another program by the context menu.
I use SynWrite editor for this.
http://www.uvviewsoft.com/synwrite/
SuperDude
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Re: Preview handler for text files?

Post by SuperDude »

I use a program called PreviewConfig to register preview handlers for file types that don't have them. It's super easy to use. You can get it here:

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/previ ... ows-vista/

NOTE: I am running Windows 8.1 so I don't know if it will work with Windows 10.
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