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hi there!
i came accross the question how difficult it would be to add an nfo viewer to the available software. it would come in handy to have something like that on stick.
i thought i suggest it and let meself be suprised if the idea gets yozur approval or not.
Greetings.
p.s.: good job guys - i´m using you suite some months now and never got problems.
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.nfo files seem to be just text files. So just use Notepad or Notepad++ Portable or something like that.
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I believe they're somewhat of an "art-form", typically making extensive use of ASCII art, so many text viewers don't display them nicely. Still, I would think something like Notepad++ could be configured to do just that.
I remember seeing a discussion somewhere once about what makes NFO files so special and why a standard text editor doesn't cut it but I can't recall the arguments put forth. I personally have no need for such a tool.
To the OP, try looking on PortableFreeware for NFO viewers.
Notepad++ does display such files indeed as they're supposed to, without any additional configuration necesarry.
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Current versions of Notepad++ do a better job of displaying NFO files than most one-hit-winder NFO apps.
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wordpad notepad and whatnot. nfo is also a MS help file so i have had some issues with NFO files opening in XP.