From: dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, 15 April 2022 at 00:03:24 UTC+1, Dallas wrote:   
   > On 4/14/2022 5:34 PM, John Stockton wrote:   
   > > However, I do have Notepad++ - and   
   > > "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++" -ro $rajesh.txt   
   > > does what I want (and in a better font!).   
   > >   
   > I was thinking that you needed a solution that did not involve   
   "not-provided" software like NP++   
   > that you have to install.   
      
   Working Notepad++ is better that not-working IE11.  But if    start   
   iexplore.exe %DIFF_TXT%     opens Edge which opens %DIFF_TXT% as ReadOnly,   
   then I actually need to do nothing.  Except that Microsoft might "upgrade"   
   Edge to be a page editor ...   
      
   In my PCs, Notepad++ is installed already .  But I'd prefer something   
   already in  Windows.  If Notepad or Wordpad understood ReadOnly, I'd use it.   
      
   An additional requirement is compatibility with 64-bit Windows.  I have the   
   late Vernon Buerg's LIST, but cannot run it.   
      
   If I end up writing something, I might call it MIKADO.  My system would   
   automatically transfer it with my batch file.   
      
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