Re: opening files with Notepad

[Stephen]

Try opening it in wordpad once, then save it without making any changes, 
close the files and open it in notepad.

Even though Wordpad is a Word Processor and not a Text Editor, when you open 
a text file in it, it opens it in text mode, it won't add any unwanted 
formating to the file. Still I use Notepad or Lite Edit or jedit. Lite Edit 
gives the line numbers which is useful when responding to the error messages 
from Lilypond, jedit is a Programmers Text Editor that will let you know if 
you misspelled a key word and you can run Lilypond from it, all of which is 
only useful only after you figure out how to set it up.

Meanwhile, I like NotePad. It is simple and straight forward, opens 
amazingly fast and as long as I indent properly, I never need any more 
visual formatting (not the kind from a Word Processor) to make my files 
clear.

Additionally, I do use jedit to save my lilypond file to UTF-8 text format 
if I am using any umlauts in my titles. jedit really is the best solution 
once you figure out how to tap into its power, but I keep going back the 
NotePad just because it opens the file faster.

Actually, I'd like to find a utility that changes my windows endings back to 
unix style line endings for when I make a patch on the sources.

Stephen