Re: Creating a signature
Cheers -- Marck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user TB! v5.0.0.115 on Windows 7 6.1.7600 I note from your signature that you are currently test out version 5 of The Bat. Are you able to give some indication of when that will be released please. -- David Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Creating a signature
Dear David, @9-Dec-2010, 09:33 David [D] in mid:201012993352.649...@sd-e657e995c056 said: Cheers -- Marck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user TB! v5.0.0.115 on Windows 7 6.1.7600 D I note from your signature that you are currently test out D version 5 of The Bat. Are you able to D give some indication of when that will be released please. The usual pattern is for RITlabs to release an Xmas edition just before the 25th. This year may be different since V5 is based on a completely rewritten code-set, with the particular aim of much better IMAP support. The result is a Bat with a lot of new bugs, which RITlabs will work very hard to clear up before the 25th, but some of these have persisted from the Alpha version. So usually, I would say it categorically - by the 25th. This year, I'm not so certain. Sorry to be so vague, but there have been several times in the long Bat history (I've been a user for 12+ years) that RITlabs have forced a version out because of a deadline date and not becuase software testing was complete and bugs were cleared. This has caused a lot of discontent and, these days, they are more keen on making a release when a decent level of stability has been acheived. -- Cheers -- Marck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user TB! v5.0.0.115 on Windows 7 6.1.7600 ' pgpr5o0k3nHfw.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Creating a signature
Hello Jeff, On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:42:44 + GMT (09/Dec/10, 0:42 AM +0700 GMT), Jeff Gaines wrote: JG Without starting a religious war I find TheBat! technically JG better than Barca (which uses the Poco email client). You can't start a religious war by praising God A over God B when praying to the choir of God A! (@mods for off-topic post: scnr.) -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.36.4 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Creating a signature
Dear David, @9-Dec-2010, 09:33 David [D] in mid:201012993352.649...@sd-e657e995c056 said: Cheers -- Marck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user TB! v5.0.0.115 on Windows 7 6.1.7600 D I note from your signature that you are currently test out D version 5 of The Bat. Are you able to D give some indication of when that will be released please. The usual pattern is for RITlabs to release an Xmas edition just before the 25th. This year may be different since V5 is based on a completely rewritten code-set, with the particular aim of much better IMAP support. The result is a Bat with a lot of new bugs, which RITlabs will work very hard to clear up before the 25th, but some of these have persisted from the Alpha version. So usually, I would say it categorically - by the 25th. This year, I'm not so certain. Sorry to be so vague, but there have been several times in the long Bat history (I've been a user for 12+ years) that RITlabs have forced a version out because of a deadline date and not becuase software testing was complete and bugs were cleared. This has caused a lot of discontent and, these days, they are more keen on making a release when a decent level of stability has been acheived. Thanks Marck for the update. Having been involved in beta testing I know of the pressures on both sides - one to get it right and the other to develop the income stream. I think I will bide my time till 5 is out before parting with my cash. -- David Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Creating a signature
Dear David,
@8-Dec-2010, 16:07 David [D] in
mid:201012816754.513...@sd-e657e995c056 said:
D So far I have created a QT with just my signature but cannot work
D out how to relate it to the message template.
Add this: %qinclude('QTSigHandle')
to your message template where QTSigHandle is the handle you gave to
your quick template signature.
Quick templates can also be invoked while editing by typing the
handle followed by Ctrl+Space. Using the %issignature tag in a Quick
Template makes the QT invocation replace any current signature with
the newly invoked one while the cursor remains in place for
continued editing.
One word though, and here the moderator hat gets put on... you're
not using a cut mark to delineate your signature and without that,
the %issignature macro doesn't work.
A cut mark looks like this: dashdashspacereturn
You'll see one of these above everybody's (well, most) signatures on
this list. Mostly because it works and partly because it's list
rules ;-).
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Cheers -- Marck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user
TB! v5.0.0.115 on Windows 7 6.1.7600
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Re: Creating a signature
Dear David,
@8-Dec-2010, 16:07 David [D] in
mid:201012816754.513...@sd-e657e995c056 said:
D So far I have created a QT with just my signature but cannot work D out
how to relate it to
the message template.
Add this: %qinclude('QTSigHandle')
to your message template where QTSigHandle is the handle you gave to your
quick template
signature.
Quick templates can also be invoked while editing by typing the handle
followed by Ctrl+Space.
Using the %issignature tag in a Quick Template makes the QT invocation
replace any current
signature with the newly invoked one while the cursor remains in place for
continued editing.
Thanks for that. I could not find %qinclude anywhere in the drop down lists.
One word though, and here the moderator hat gets put on... you're not using a
cut mark to
delineate your signature and without that, the %issignature macro doesn't
work.
A cut mark looks like this: dashdashspacereturn You'll see one of
these above everybody's
(well, most) signatures on this list. Mostly because it works and partly
because it's list rules
;-).
Probably because I am still using Poco. Don't know yet how the advantages out
weigh the ease of use
of Poco. Will put them in anyway.
--
Regards,
David
Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information:
http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Creating a signature
Probably because I am still using Poco. Don't know yet how the advantages out weigh the ease of use of Poco. Will put them in anyway. Right now the weak spots in the Bat are HTML and IMAP and the IMAP is getting fixed right now. I used Poco. The interface is slicker, but I kept running into walls. The Bat has more power than you will probably ever need. Someone could hold a 2 hour lecture on using templates and macros and still not cover it all. The help file is not up to date and the best way after checking it, is to ask a question here on this list. Marck and Roelof are vast pools of knowledge -- Rick Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine. - Sir Arthur Eddington v4.2.36.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Creating a signature
Am 08.12.2010 18:24, schrieb Rick: The Bat has more power than you will probably ever need That's not true ;-) Your desire will grow with the possibilities... -- Jens Franik je...@gmx.de Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Creating a signature
Hello David On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 5:03:44 PM, you wrote: [snipped] Probably because I am still using Poco. Don't know yet how the advantages out weigh the ease of use of Poco. Will put them in anyway. Without starting a religious war I find TheBat! technically better than Barca (which uses the Poco email client). When I was using Barca I had some dreadful problems with attachments. It transpired that my anti-virus was adding a tag to the file and Barca was then unable to decode the attachments. Since Barca doesn't show the source of messages properly it was a pig to track down. It causes no problems at all in TheBat! so I came to the conclusion TheBat! is more robust. -- Best regards, Jeff Gaines www.avoncastle.net Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Creating a signature
Am 08.12.2010 18:24, schrieb Rick: The Bat has more power than you will probably ever need That's not true ;-) Your desire will grow with the possibilities... But you, kind sir, are a POWER user and this man is using Poco mail. lol -- Rick Help bring to a close, the Age of Greed v4.2.36.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 4.2.23 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
