question or suggestion - save drafts?

[madscijr]

I normally use Notepad++ or Notepad to prep my text for posting.
Then I have to make multiple edits after posting, when I see all the errors I've made, things I forgot, etc.  (grumble grumble)

NPP can be set to keep copies of all tabs, both saved & unsaved, then re-open them all when it restarts.

(I currently have too many unfinished tabs open in NPP, but it saves me from having a desk covered in tiny paper notes.)

Indeed, I use Notepad++ for all my QB64PE programming and text tasks. I just said Notepad as a generalizarion. 

I do like the GUI editor for the forums, it's easier than the flavor of markdown (or is it markup since it uses begin & end tags) that the forums use, stuff that's a minor pain like 

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[ list]
[ *]making
[ *]lists
[ *]is tedious
[ /list]

[ list=1]
[ *]numbered
[ *]lists too
[ /list]

Why not regular markdown with
* simple
* bulleted
* lists

1. and
1. numbered
1. lists

?

(and don't even get me started on tables LoL)

Anyway, even though it sounds like it, I'm not complaining, it's not THAT hard (I mean, I've been doing HTML since the 90s), but I guess since markdown has come along I've gotten a little spoiled, and just making a point about why I prefer the GUI editor to bare bones Notepad++ for forums posts. 

I will say this - I have been doing CTRL+A CTRL+C more since Pete mentioned it!

But that idea about an editor in QB64PE that can post to the forums is a neat idea. I wonder how you would approach drawing fonts, bulleted lists, tables and all the other GUI elements from within a QB64PE program? That could be like going back to the beginning of Macintosh and developing the GUI from scratch! A true geek / gearhead programming challenge, or don quixote's windmill blades??