On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 17:38:10 -0400, L.D. Best wrote: > On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 14:58:53 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > <snip> >>> Ah ..... Insight just did the other thing I hate - loss of linewrap. > <snip>
>> I doubt it was Insight that was the problem. The Arachne editor is crap. >> Select (and use) an external editor if you can't tolerate it. > I've wanted to do that for years -- literally! But even with help and > instructions and samples and the option in Arachne "set up" I've never > managed to do it easily. <big sigh> > Has the "use outside editor" option been improved in 1.71 so that the > choice is implementable without three or four hours of tweak-this & > tweak-that and "it probably still won't work" ??? Make backup copies of these 5 files. Drive:\arachne_main_dir\REPLY.HTP Drive:\arachne_main_dir\RESEND.HTP Drive:\arachne_main_dir\SYSTEM/GUI/TEXTEDIT.AH Drive:\arachne_main_dir\SYSTEM/GUI/SENDMAIL.AH Drive:\arachne_main_dir\SYSTEM/GUI/SENDFILE.AH Grab exeditgm.zip from http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/exeditgm.htm Unzip it into your Arachne_main_dir using: pkunzip -d exeditgm.zip drive:\arachne_main_dir\ Change xedit.bat so that it points to the editor of your choice. --- current xedit.bat --- c:\pedit\pedit.exe %1 _________________________ --- contents of the zip --- Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Attr Name ----- ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- -------- ---- ---- 2311 DeflatX 794 66% 09-08-02 17:56 c4a4d327 --w- REPLY.HTP 2357 DeflatX 844 65% 09-08-02 17:58 9d55fbc0 --w- RESEND.HTP 663 DeflatX 346 48% 09-08-02 18:08 8f66cb3d --w- SYSTEM/GUI/TEXTEDIT.AH 2389 DeflatX 833 66% 09-08-02 17:41 859b2379 --w- SYSTEM/GUI/SENDMAIL.AH 3493 DeflatX 1039 71% 09-08-02 18:13 ea0f6146 --w- SYSTEM/GUI/SENDFILE.AH 24 Stored 24 0% 02-10-99 00:50 11e214ec --w- XEDIT.BAT 134 DeflatX 66 51% 09-08-02 18:09 c14e1358 --w- EXEDIT.MIM ------ ---- --- ------- 11371 3946 66% 7 ____________________________ --- exedit.mim contains the 3 lines for adding at the top of mime.cfg --- file/mxedit.dgi |@call xedit.bat mail.tmp file/cxedit.dgi |@call xedit.bat textarea.tmp file/txedit.dgi |@call xedit.bat $l ___________________ That's it. You will now have the option of using the Arachne internal editor function or using your exeternal editor instead. It works on all of these: reply to eMail (mxedit.dgi) forward eMail (mxedit.dgi) modify/resend eMail (mxedit.dgi) compose new eMail (cxedit.dgi) send files via eMail (cxedit.dgi) F4 edit of any currently displayed page (txedit.dgi) -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm http://www.thispagecannotbedisplayed.com/
