Is there a text editor out there that can be restricted to 78 characters?

[KenL]

Hello all.

I am looking for a text editor that I can throw my users into that I can tell it to wrap all lines to 78 characters during entry.

It's doesn't have to be fancy, Notepad is working right now, but when the users exit the document I truncate the lines to 78 characters to store them in the application.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ken

[socrates]

Not that I'm aware of, but if you are familiar with vb you could always make a text program that limits the user to 78 characters and allows them to save to a txt file.

[soybean]

It's doesn't have to be fancy, Notepad is working right now, but when the users exit the document I truncate the lines to 78 characters to store them in the application.

Can you share a bit more info on what you're doing.  The truncating is a problem, right?  What application are you referring to?  Is this text file data imported into this application? 

Do you have Microsoft Office installed on all computers involved here? 

[KenL]

It would not be guaranteed to have Office installed on all computers nor would I want to insist on that.

Truncating the input from a user is a problem, the data is loaded back into an application (character based custom application).

I might be able to use Bill Guthries Stripper program to automatically wrap the text at the 78th character, but the results will be confusing to the user so I was looking for a text tool to automatically wrap the users input while they were editing.

And no I am not familiar with VB, although there is a VB programmer on staff who I might be able to ask (Thanks for the tip).

Ken

[socrates]

And no I am not familiar with VB, although there is a VB programmer on staff who I might be able to ask (Thanks for the tip).

No problem.  Wish I could've been of more help, but it was the only thing that came to mind immediately.