The feature that makes Textpad ideal for Squealer integation is it's rich support for "tools", that is, calls to external programs. It gives:

• Up to 64 tools (in Textpad 4.7 and above).
• Support for capturing the output of tools in "Command Results".
• Ability to define clickable links in the "Command Results" per tool.
• Support for user input prompts when running a tool.
• Support for passing of filenames in various forms to the tools.
• Assigning custom keybindings for tools.

There's also some frustrations with Textpad, like inability to configure nice toolbars with appropriate icons for tools, no built-in ctags window, only one tool executing at a time (and only one Command Results window).

Configuring Squealer Tools

1. Run the textpadtools.pl script to create (or recreate) the Standard Squealer tools (This script is part of the standard Squealer release). This is the recommended installation route. It will remove all your existing Textpad tools, install the standard Squealer set and try to give you the default Squealer key bindings.
2. Add each tool manually using the definitions on this page.

The Textpad support for user-defined keybindings is a little tricky to automate so if textpadtools.pl doesn't setup your keybindings correctly, you will have to assign your own keystrokes. We recommend you use the function keys as detailed below. Try Configure->Preferences, choose the Keyboard section and within this select the Tools category. All of your tools are listed alphabetically by name.

Standard Textpad Tools

Manual Setup

All parameters are blank unless specified otherwise. You should replace the Initial Folder value of c:\work\squealer\bin with the path to your Squealer installation bin directory. Non-standard Textpad tools are also provided.

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl sorcerer.pl -edit -load $File
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl sorcerer.pl -unedit -load $File
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl sorcerer.pl -history $File
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl sorcerer.pl -diff $Prompt(Enter older rev:)
                 -diff $Prompt(Enter newer rev:) -- $File
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = cvs com $File
    Initial Folder = $FileDir
    Capture Output = Yes
        

    Add Program,
    Command = squealer.bat
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Prompt for parameters = Yes
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -o $FileName
    Initial Folder =  c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = No
    Close DOS windows on exit = Yes
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -frisk $UNIXFile
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
    Suppress output until completed = Yes
    Regular expression to match output = ^.*file: \(.*\).*line: \([0-9]+\).*
    Registers: File = 1, Line = 2
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -CodeCheck $UNIXFile
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
    Suppress output until completed = Yes
    Regular expression to match output = ^.*file: \(.*\).*line: \([0-9]+\).*
    Registers: File = 1, Line = 2
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -textpad -grep window 1
                 $Prompt(search me: enter pattern) -exact $FileName
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
    Regular expression to match output = ^.*file: \(.*\).*line: \([0-9]+\).*
    Registers: File = 1, Line = 2
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -textpad -window 5
                 -grep $Prompt(grep me: enter grep pattern and files)
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
    Suppress output until completed = Yes
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -textpad -loose -methodgrep $SelWord
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
    Regular expression to match output = ^.*file: \(.*\).*line: \([0-9]+\).*
    Registers: File = 1, Line = 2
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -textpad -loose
                 -methodgrep $Prompt(Enter partial tag:)
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
    Suppress output until completed = Yes
    Regular expression to match output = ^.*file: \(.*\).*line: \([0-9]+\).*
    Registers: File = 1, Line = 2
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -editre "$SelLine"
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes
        

    Add DOS Command,
    Parameters = perl squealer.pl -genbean $Clip $File
    Initial Folder = c:\work\squealer\bin
    Capture Output = Yes