Re: Accessible Easter Eggs... was Re: accessible diary software
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:44:26 -0800
Well, except in the case of notepad this particular feature is in fact
documented, at least as of XP. I don't have easy access to any
earlier versions at this point to see if it was ever there but not
documented.
Notepad is such a simple program I just never had reason to look at
the help before reading about this particular feature. And I only
looked then to see if there were any other such features.
On 3/20/10, Tom Lange <trlange@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been using notepad for years as a scratch pad application and never
> knew that you could use it as a rudimentary journal-writing tool. Seems to
> me that qualifies as an "Easter Egg", one of those hidden features in a
> program that you find by sheer happenstance or one of those undocumented
> features that Microsoft or other developers may have built into programs
> that you only hear about through word of mouth. Are there any more little
> gems like that out there, some accessible Easter Eggs?
>
> Curious.
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Samara Raine
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible diary software
>
>
> Aaahhh I see. Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill White
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 6:27 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible diary software
>
>
> No, the times that are already in the file won't go away, but it will no
> longer put times and dates at the end of the file when you open the file
> because the line that gives notepad the instructions to put the time and
> date is: .LOG
> Bill White billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Samara Raine
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:23 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible diary software
>
>
> Got it! Thanks!. If we take the .LOG out after the time shows, will it
> go away?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill White
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 4:32 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible diary software
>
>
> There are a couple of things you have to do to get this to work.
>
> First, you have to put .LOG in all caps as the first line of your
> file. You must have the period before the log in all caps.
>
> Second, when it was first mentioned, this line was within quotes.
> The quotes must not be there in order for it to work.
>
> Third, you must re open the text file in order for the time and date
> to appear at the end of the file. It won't happen the first time the file
> is opened.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Bill White billwhite92701@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: sister Heather Albright
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 12:57 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible diary software
>
>
> Hay, I could not get it to work either! Heather
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