Dialog box - Edit comment
 
This dialog box allows you to set and/or change a comment for a file. You can reach it either via the menu Files, or with Ctrl+Z.
 
Edit comment for Shows the name of the file for which you can set the comment.
 
<Edit field> Here you can enter the comment. When using descript.ion, the comment length is limited to 4095 characters. Please note that some tools will not support comments longer than 511 characters. You will get a warning beep and the number of characters will be shown in bold when the comment length exceeds 511 characters.
The comment may have multiple lines, also when using descript.ion files. The comment will automatically be changed to the correct format. The preferred comment format can be set in Configuration - Operation. If only a comment file of the not preferred type is found, the comment is changed in that file.
New in TC9: Support for Unicode comments using UTF-16 or UTF-8 format. By default, comments will be stored as plain text (ANSI) unless the file name and/or comment contains Unicode characters from a different code page.
 
Use OEM (DOS) font Display the comment using a DOS font (e.g. Terminal). This is useful for comments in files.bbs files, which are stored using the DOS character set. Things like lines or other ASCII art can only be shown using the DOS font.
 
F2 OK Click this button or press F2 to save the comment.
 
Cancel Closes the dialog box and ignores the changes. Shortcut: ESC
 
Help Opens this help dialog.