Goodness gracious, me oh my ... It seems to be working! I'm using my q-edit, which I became addicted to long ago. <G> Well time to realign this paragraph and see if this flies.
If it does, then all I have to do is some code comparison between Glenn's ah/htp setups and my personal design. <BG> l.d. ==== On Sun, 08 Sep 2002 18:49:12 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > 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/ -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
