On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:01:14 -0500, P. Stephen Baxter, P. Eng. wrote:
> Samuel Heywood 16 Jan at 20:41 -0500 asked about using a favourite
> external editor with Arachne. The Arachne gurus helped me with this many
> months ago so, for what it is worth, here is my solution to the problem.
> I find it best to do all my text composing off-line in WordPerfect 5.2
> for Win3.1 where I have ready access to all those familiar text handling
> facilities. No one here ever mentions this oddity that works for me so
> well!
Hello Stephen:
In order to follow such a suggestion I would of course have to install
Window$ 3.1 and install WordPerfect 5.2 for Windoze. IMHO, an easier way
would be simply to do an ALT + E to go to DOS shell and then start up my
favorite text editor. Using WordPerfect for Windoze just to perform a
simple text-editing task is overkill. Also it will take a long time for
such a huge program to load. If you like the way it works for you, then
all I can say is that I'm glad you're happy.
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> My apologies should this msg seem too elementary for this Digest.
No apologies needed, Stephen. IMHO, your way of doing things is not
at all elementary, but rather needlessly complicated. I want you to
know that I do respect your right to do things your way, and I'm pleased
to learn that you are happy to be doing it your own way <g>.
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of Arachne, the Ultimate Internet Client
