On 11/1/00 12:40 PM, "Bryan Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I don't have 'rage yet, so I can't try it out, but wasn't there a problem
> awhile back with having text disappear if you switched sigs? Does 'rage/OE
> simply insert the text of a signature when it's selected? or are there
> flags that get set indicating that there's "special" text at the of the
> message? Unless taught otherwise I would worry about unexpected behavior
> using sigs as templates.
>
> Also, I got a request to include attachments when using the template, which
> looks like a feature request that couldn't be handled with sigs.
>
> - B
>
Good point, how is this: "Templates" would essentially be the same as
Signatures, except they do NOT remove other Templates or the Signature when
applied.
Dan, how hard would that be to implement? (I really have no idea....)
Cb
>> On 10/30/00 11:13 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/30/00 2:19 PM, "Dan Crevier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about if we just rename signatures "Templates"? I'm not kidding...
>>>
>>>
>>> I wondered about that one last night, actually. "Signatures & Templates"
>>> seemed a bit long for your menus, though. And if you change it to
>>> "Templates", you'll get people asking "Why no signatures in Entourage?"
>>>
>>> Suggestion:
>>>
>>> Just make another menu item in the bottom section of Tools called
>>> "Templates", but do the exact same implementation as signatures. (What to do
>>> in AppleScript, though: include or not? Sure, we brainy scripters can figure
>>> it out. "every signature" will include templates, too.)
>>>
>>> Not too much trouble that way, is it?
>>
>> It really is semantics, but I think Dan and Paul are right. This is all that
>> templates are, but people don't see that because it is not packaged/labelled
>> as they would expect. Put a new menu item and viol� you have templates! (And
>> a nice new "feature" to include in the update list for Erage 1.01!)
>>
Cb
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