Hi Mitch,
On Saturday 29-Jan-00, Mitch Thompson wrote:
> 1) Right-clicking on an http: link and selecting "Add URL to
> CM"...doesn't. Is this a known problem, and is there a fix? Left
> clicking the link does bring up Voyager.
Never tried it.
> 2) I've set up filters for my email to reroute mailing list messages
> to their own areas. That was pretty easy. What about killfiles for
> Usenet? I am using MD2 as an online reader, and had the idea that the
> filters could be used as a killfile. Is that right?
Filters don't currently work on news, and unfortunately there isn't a "don't
download" option yet. The short answer to your question is therefore "no".
> 4) I checked the vapor site and Aminet for ARexx scripts. Most of
> them appear to be for the original MD. Will they work with MD-2?
Microdot-I is an entirely different program, so they probably won't work.
However, any scripts which just say they are for Microdot are probably for
MD2. We get scripts posted here occasionally, so if there is a particular
script you need, just ask and somebody might already have it or be willing
to write it.
> 5) What do people use for tagline generation? I have a huge tagline
> file, and can't see a way to easily add taglines right now.
I pondered on how to do this a while ago, but the solution involved an
"Execute ARexx script on send" option to be added to MD-2.
However, if you are creating new messages and want a tagline to be added,
the attached script may possibly be of use. It's practically useless, but
it opens a textfile and randomly selects one of the lines, submitting it to
a MD2 new msg window. It doesn't work on replies, forwards or follow-ups,
though there's no reason why elements of Jules' SnoopMD.mdrx script
couldn't be used in order to achieve this. The same approach could be used
to add the tagline to the bottom of the .sig, rather than above it as at
present. I'll leave improving the script as an exercise to whoever wants
to take the challenge :-)
> So far, I like MD2. Thor started trashing my database almost daily
> after the new year, so I decided to switch. Thanks in advance!
Welcome to the list!
Chris
-- Attached file included as plaintext by Listar --
-- File: NewMsgTag.mdrx
/*tagline generator
$VER: newmsgtag.mdrx 1.0 (30.01.00)
by Chris Young
*/
randu(time('S'))
call open('taglines','yam:.taglines','R')
a=1
do until eof('taglines')
tag.a=readln('taglines')
a=a+1
end
close('taglines')
a=RANDOM(1,a)
call open('tag','t:md2.tagline','W')
writeln('tag',' ')
writeln('tag',tag.a)
close('tag')
NewMsgWindow 'CONTENTS t:md2.tagline'
