>I like this approach; at least I understand it.
>
>Two questions:
>First, my strings usually do not have line-ends (CR-LF's). Is there some way to make the thing wrap (a la editbox)?

Modify File instead of Modify Command. You get a plain text editor with wrapping turned on by default.

>Second, Ctrl-W complains about "unrecognized command verb" (compiling, presumably). Can I temporarily turn this off? (I hate to ignore each time ...)

That'd be in your foxuser.dbf, i.e. in menu/tools/options/editor, uncheck "compile when saving". But if you don't want to have it compiled, Modify File doesn't even try to compile. It's just editing text.