GUI for editing program file

[max_torch]

How do I make a GUI that when opened, will have dropboxes, textboxes, etc, apply button at the bottom, that will allow me to change certain parameters/lines of a program file (which can be opened with notepad) once I click apply, rather than having to manually open the program and type in the changes each time.
Kinda like a program configuration GUI.
Like for example there is a line

movlw d'6'

I would like to have a textbox in the GUI where I can just type in the number I want to change d'6' to and when I click apply it will automatically edit the .asm file (which can be opened using notepad).

[Elvish_Hunter]

I must admit, I had to read your post several times to exactly understand what you were looking for. Then, I got it: what you want is the sed Unix command (it's not a GUI, though).
In your case, if you want to replace d'6' with d'10', you'll have to type something like this in Bash:

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sed -i 's/movlw d\'6\'/movlw d\'10\'/' myfile.asm

The -i switch tells the command to do the replacements in place (edit the original file); the exact command may vary depending on your needs, and one must always read the documentation and do a backup before copypasting code.
Now, I suppose that you're on Windows, since you're talking about Notepad: in this case, Windows users can get access to sed either through Cygwin or the GnuWin32 projects.

[iceiceice]

max_torch: You can also try using "find and replace" feature if notepad has that? It should be very close to what you asked for.

If notepad does not have that feature, you could try installing a better text editor. I guess it's common to recommend Notepad++ although I have no personal experience with that.

I can report that the ubuntu default text editor is more than adequate

[GunChleoc]

I like to use Geany, it is available on Linux, Windows and Mac.

[gfgtdf]

max_torch:

I don't know how good your programming skills are, but i'd reccoment to change the programm (the one that you want to change) to have a textbox that lets you specify the value instead of hardcoding it in your source file.

[ancestral]

You might look around for IDEs and apps which help you manage interfaces in the programming languages you are familiar with.

You might also check out Tcl/Tk as it’s easy to create interfaces with pure text files.