Re: Incorrect "reply" highlighting in MicroEd

2020-06-21 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Andrew, On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:24:58 +0930 GMT (21-Jun-20, 15:54 +0700 GMT), Andrew Savchenko wrote: > Hello Thomas, > Sunday, June 21, 2020, 12:43:06 PM, you wrote: >> Mine is set to 10 characters (so your example above is not >> highlighted), but you set it to any value that makes sense

Re[2]: Incorrect "reply" highlighting in MicroEd

2020-06-21 Thread Andrew Savchenko
Hello Thomas, Sunday, June 21, 2020, 12:43:06 PM, you wrote: > Mine is set to 10 characters (so your example above is not > highlighted), but you set it to any value that makes sense to you. Works. Shouldn't there be a more robust detection of the reply symbol? Currently TheBat seems to use: (.

Re: Incorrect "reply" highlighting in MicroEd

2020-06-21 Thread Marck Pearlstone
On 21 June 2020 at 04:00 Andrew Savchenko wrote and made these points AS> This string of text is incorrectly highlighted as reply: AS> ``` AS> X.X. Some text ">" that must not be highlighted as the reply... AS> ``` Ah - that old chestnut. This one has been reported before but is actually

Re: Incorrect "reply" highlighting in MicroEd

2020-06-20 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Andrew, On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:30:46 +0930 GMT (21-Jun-20, 10:00 +0700 GMT), Andrew Savchenko wrote: > This string of text is incorrectly highlighted as reply: > ``` > X.X. Some text ">" that must not be highlighted as the reply... > ``` > Before I create bug report, could someone please

Incorrect "reply" highlighting in MicroEd

2020-06-20 Thread Andrew Savchenko
Hello, This string of text is incorrectly highlighted as reply: ``` X.X. Some text ">" that must not be highlighted as the reply... ``` Before I create bug report, could someone please confirm? Screenshot attached. -- v9.1.18 x64 on Windows 10 18363___

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-31 Thread AC
f v2.11 had such an option! :-) > >Ah, forgot about your version number. Sorry. > >BM> Regardless, there are many other reasons I prefer the Windows editor. And >BM> for the issue of not wrapping the final output when I send, when I am >BM> finished editing and proofin

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-28 Thread Bill McQuillan
hed editing >> and proofing a message, I quickly switch to the >> MicroEd, apply Alt-L as necessary, switch back to >> Windows and send it! Works for me. > What is the advantage of switching back to the Windows editor to send > it? None, really. However, it appeases my O

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-28 Thread MFPA
Hi On Thursday 27 August 2009 at 8:53:46 PM, in , Peter Meyns wrote: > This is a good one for April fools! :D Not sure I understand how it would be good for April Fools, since that setting really exists and has that functionality. -- Best regards MFPA He's a

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-28 Thread MFPA
witch to the > MicroEd, apply Alt-L as necessary, switch back to > Windows and send it! Works for me. What is the advantage of switching back to the Windows editor to send it? -- Best regards MFPA There is no job so simple that it cannot be done wrong Using T

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
s, there are many other reasons I prefer the Windows editor. And BM> for the issue of not wrapping the final output when I send, when I am BM> finished editing and proofing a message, I quickly switch to the MicroEd, BM> apply Alt-L as necessary, switch back to Windows and send it! Works for m

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-27 Thread Bill McQuillan
u can hit the "End" key. It will >>> place the cursor behind the last character as you desire. M>> Or you could remove the tick from "Free caret positioning" at M>> Options | Preferences | Viewer/Editor | Editor preferences | M>> MicroEd-specific opti

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
behind the last character as you desire. M> Or you could remove the tick from "Free caret positioning" at M> Options | Preferences | Viewer/Editor | Editor preferences | M> MicroEd-specific options. (-; I didn't even know that, but it will make Bill happy. :-) --

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-27 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi MFPA, on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:09:37 +0100GMT (27.08.2009, 21:09 +0200GMT here), you wrote: M> Or you could remove the tick from "Free caret positioning" at M> Options | Preferences | Viewer/Editor | Editor preferences | M> MicroEd-specific options. (-; This is a good one

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-27 Thread MFPA
desire. Or you could remove the tick from "Free caret positioning" at Options | Preferences | Viewer/Editor | Editor preferences | MicroEd-specific options. (-; -- Best regards MFPA Zorba the Greek - before he zorbas you Using T

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Bill, On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:18:09 -0700 GMT (27/Aug/09, 13:18 PM +0700 GMT), Bill McQuillan wrote: BM> I guess that I don't find the misleading colors as annoying as I do that in BM> MicroEd I cannot click somewhere out to the right of a line and have the BM> cursor appear

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-26 Thread Bill McQuillan
to the email, and right-click and "paste as quotation" > You will see that the even thought the text gets pasted with the ">" > symbol, the color doesn't automatically change to the quote color > setting. Now if you do the same in Microed, the color changes &

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-26 Thread AC
t;A> the Enter key ONCE and start a new line. I just don't understand why >A> the developers and users are opposed to this. > >There is a very simple explanation. > >In microed, you are editing plain text ready to send. That's what it >does and what it was always des

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-26 Thread AC
ion" You will see that the even thought the text gets pasted with the ">" symbol, the color doesn't automatically change to the quote color setting. Now if you do the same in Microed, the color changes immediately (very nice). If it were not for that and other other similar c

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-25 Thread Bill McQuillan
On Mon, 2009-08-24, AC wrote: > All I want to do is to have automatic wrapping and to be able to press > the Enter key ONCE and start a new line. I just don't understand why > the developers and users are opposed to this. I think that you need to understand the architecture of

Re: Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-25 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
developers and users are opposed to this. There is a very simple explanation. In microed, you are editing plain text ready to send. That's what it does and what it was always designed to do. There is no character in the ASCII set used for microed that can be used as an 'un-wrappable end of l

Why won't the developers add an option for allowing a single carriage return for MicroEd? (with auto-format enabled)

2009-08-24 Thread AC
In a thread from a few days back, I was frustrated with wrapping in the Bat and had a few questions. The answers i recieved helped me identify exactly what feature I would like to see added to the Bat and MicroEd in particular. Can we have a checkbox that will allow single-carriage returns with

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-23 Thread Dwight Corrin
On Saturday, August 22, 2009, 12:32:20 PM, Bill McQuillan wrote: > Now I have figured the reason is that RitLabs considers that the Windows > Editor is to be normally used with proportional fonts and that the number > of characters is not an appropriate measurement (although they seem to > handle

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-22 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Bill, On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:32:20 -0700 GMT (23/Aug/09, 0:32 AM +0700 GMT), Bill McQuillan wrote: >> They added the option many versions ago: You can use the Windows >> editor. Many people were unhappy with the way MicroEd works, because >> most editors under Windows

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-22 Thread Bill McQuillan
On Sat, 2009-08-22, Thomas Fernandez wrote: > They added the option many versions ago: You can use the Windows > editor. Many people were unhappy with the way MicroEd works, because > most editors under Windows (notably the ones from Microsoft) behave in > a certain way and people ju

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-22 Thread MFPA
Hi On Saturday 22 August 2009 at 4:48:54 PM, in , Thomas Fernandez wrote: > I myself prefer MicroEd, the way it is, but that is my > personal choice. We all work slightly differently and have different preferences. I like MicroEd with Auto-Format turned off so that a line ends when I

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-22 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello AC, On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:23:04 -0700 GMT (22/Aug/09, 14:23 PM +0700 GMT), AC wrote: A> When I asked for this as a support ticket, the answer I got was this: A> "Hello, A> I am sorry to say, but this is not a bug, it's a feature of MicroEd. A> Auto-Format works tha

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-22 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo AC, On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:23:04 -0700GMT (22-8-2009, 9:23 +0200, where I live), you wrote: A> Thanks for the response (thanks to everyone else also). Now you've A> hit on the issue that I really want to resolve. Why can't the A> developers add an extra option (checkbox) so that you don't

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-22 Thread AC
ng it once? All it would be is a simple little option, and it takes nothing away from the other features, it just adds to it. When I asked for this as a support ticket, the answer I got was this: "Hello, I am sorry to say, but this is not a bug, it's a feature of MicroEd. Auto-Format work

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-21 Thread MFPA
Hi On Friday 21 August 2009 at 7:13:56 PM, in , Peter Meyns wrote: > MicroEd leaves the decision to you if you want to wrap your edited > message or keep that extra-long line. I have wrapping set to 70 characters. I can keep the extra-long line in the editor window but when I put the m

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-21 Thread MFPA
Hi On Friday 21 August 2009 at 3:03:12 PM, in , Thomas Fernandez wrote: > I think the long/short lines appear when you use CR in > the middle of a line. Maybe the person is reading the message in an application that wraps at the window edge. If the line length in the message is a bit longer tha

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-21 Thread Peter Meyns
esn't mean that it is the best way. MicroEd leaves the decision to you if you want to wrap your edited message or keep that extra-long line. I prefer this. :) -- Cheers Peter Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. Samu

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-21 Thread Thomas Fernandez
me RO> width. (Google for proportional and non-proportional fonts) TB alligns RO> with spaces and if your contact sees those with a different width... I think the long/short lines appear when you use CR in the middle of a line. @AC: When you type in MicroEd, there is not need to hit enter at the end of

Re: Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-21 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo AC, On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:58:00 -0700GMT (21-8-2009, 8:58 +0200, where I live), you wrote: A> Question #1: A> What are the differences between MicroEd and Plain Windows? Mainly the wrapping and the free caret (in MicroEd you can place the cursor anywhere and start typing, wi

Please help me understand the Pros and Cons of MicroEd (many, many wrapping issues)

2009-08-21 Thread AC
I cannot get my head around MicroEd. I want to like it, but I always have problems with wrapping issues. Please help me answer some questions: Question #1: What are the differences between MicroEd and Plain Windows? Question #2: What does Auto-Format do? Please be detailed, I don't g

Re: Microed editor not respecting the "return"

2009-07-18 Thread m.davidson
hello luca On Saturday, July 18, 2009, 2:53:51 AM, you wrote: i agree completely! microed is plain funky in terms of formatting and the windows plain text editor doesn't work as a normal editor should. an example is that [ctrl-delete] deletes a single character instead of the entire

Re: Microed editor not respecting the "return"

2009-07-18 Thread Luca
AC: > The reason I have settled on the options above is because of previous > frustrations with Microed > that I've written here about before. The main one being my problem with being > able to automatically > wordwrap lines after going back and editing lines in the

Re: Microed editor not respecting the "return"

2009-07-18 Thread Robin Anson
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 at 19:37:22 -0700, AC wrote: > When I use the Microed editor to write, I press "Enter" to start a new line, > but as soon as I start > typing, the typing continues on the previous line where I had left off. So > it's a little > frustrating. >

Microed editor not respecting the "return"

2009-07-17 Thread AC
When I use the Microed editor to write, I press "Enter" to start a new line, but as soon as I start typing, the typing continues on the previous line where I had left off. So it's a little frustrating. Some more info. The options I have enable for "Micro-ed specific opt

Re: How to get MicroEd to use us-ascii?

2008-05-09 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo ztrader, On Fri, 9 May 2008 14:06:20 -0700GMT (9-5-2008, 23:06 +0200, where I live), you wrote: RO>> And the mail server might change something... Z> An interesting possibility. I'll check on that. Would the list Z> software perhaps change such things? It might. After all it appends a sig

Re[2]: How to get MicroEd to use us-ascii?

2008-05-09 Thread ztrader
On Friday, May 9, 2008, 1:15:53 PM, Roelof Otten wrote: RO> Hallo ztrader, RO> On Fri, 9 May 2008 11:30:33 -0700GMT (9-5-2008, 20:30 +0200, where I RO> live), you wrote: Z>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Z>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Z>> which does not seem to be what was

Re: How to get MicroEd to use us-ascii?

2008-05-09 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo ztrader, On Fri, 9 May 2008 11:30:33 -0700GMT (9-5-2008, 20:30 +0200, where I live), you wrote: Z> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Z> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Z> which does not seem to be what was in the outbox before sending. Why Z> are these different? What is in the

Re[3]: How to get MicroEd to use us-ascii?

2008-05-09 Thread ztrader
On Friday, May 9, 2008, 11:24:20 AM, ztrader wrote: z> On Thursday, May 8, 2008, 11:45:04 AM, Dwight A Corrin wrote: DAC>> On Thursday, May 8, 2008, 1:33:59 PM, ztrader wrote: >>> How can I set an option to have MicroEd use us-ascii [or some font >>> that Ou

Re[2]: How to get MicroEd to use us-ascii?

2008-05-09 Thread ztrader
On Thursday, May 8, 2008, 11:45:04 AM, Dwight A Corrin wrote: DAC> On Thursday, May 8, 2008, 1:33:59 PM, ztrader wrote: >> How can I set an option to have MicroEd use us-ascii [or some font >> that Outlook can handle absolutely reliably] for a particular folder >> and s

Re: How to get MicroEd to use us-ascii?

2008-05-08 Thread Dwight A Corrin
On Thursday, May 8, 2008, 1:33:59 PM, ztrader wrote: > How can I set an option to have MicroEd use us-ascii [or some font > that Outlook can handle absolutely reliably] for a particular folder > and still keep the editing features? Your message shows > Content-Type: text/plain;

How to get MicroEd to use us-ascii?

2008-05-08 Thread ztrader
A couple of Outlook users have reported that my emails to them look 'messed up'. This seems to happen when TB uses the windows-1252 font and 8-bit coding - the result of having Plain Text (MicroEd) selected. If I select Plain Text (Windows) instead, I get 7-bit us-ascii and all seems to

Re: MicroEd

2007-10-15 Thread Doug Higby
Hello Marek, Saturday, October 13, 2007, 6:00:06 PM, you wrote: MM> new Microed which supports Unicode is underdevelopment and should be MM> introduced in 4.x. Great news and a big incentive to upgrade! -- Dougmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** TheBat! Voyager

Re: MicroEd

2007-10-13 Thread Marek Mikus
Hello all, Friday, October 12, 2007, Doug Higby wrote: > I much prefer using MicroEd text editor, but it doesn't do Unicode. I would > love for > this to be tweaked at some point so I can continue using it. I've had to > abandon it > for the Windows text editor instea

MicroEd

2007-10-13 Thread Doug Higby
Hello TBudl, I much prefer using MicroEd text editor, but it doesn't do Unicode. I would love for this to be tweaked at some point so I can continue using it. I've had to abandon it for the Windows text editor instead. Does anyone else have these problems?

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-29 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello MFPA, On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 you wrote in >> You can't request a person to alter the width of their sent mail M> You *can* request ;-) OK, touché :-) >> to set the mail to the desired width, whatever the width of the >> preview pane? M> Or even the ability to do a manual "ALT" + "L"? Wh

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-29 Thread Larry Wing
RA> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 at 21:11:52 -0800, Larry wrote: RW>>> Hello Larry, >> Hmm. On my screen, with Windows prop fonts the lines wrap but when >> switching to plain text they go accross the screen. >> And this reply, using WinEd wraps at the "when"

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-29 Thread MFPA
ed length chosen by the recipient (in > my case 72 characters) that the mail has a sort of automatic "ALT" + "L" > performed on it (as you can do when quoting long lines in a reply with > MicroEd) to set the mail to the desired width, whatever the width of the > pre

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Meathrel
Hi Robin, Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 8:47:50 PM, you wrote: > No, auto-wrap only works when you type something from the keyboard. If you > added a space at the end of the pasted text it would reformat the paragraph. Great, thanks Robin! -- Warmest regards, Paul Created using TheBat! 3.72.04 (B

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-29 Thread Robin Anson
On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 at 16:01:11 +0100, Paul wrote: > Should this also effect text that is pasted into MicroEd? I sometimes > paste text in which doesn't wrap and I have to use Alt-L to wrap it > correctly to the specific width. No, auto-wrap only works when you type something fro

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-29 Thread Paul Meathrel
Hi Robin, Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 6:31:59 AM, you wrote: > Sounds as though you don't have the auto-wrap turned on in MicroEd Should this also effect text that is pasted into MicroEd? I sometimes paste text in which doesn't wrap and I have to use Alt-L to wrap it correctly to

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-28 Thread Robin Anson
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 at 21:11:52 -0800, Larry wrote: RW>> Hello Larry, > > Hmm. On my screen, with Windows prop fonts the lines wrap but when > switching to plain text they go accross the screen. > > And this reply, using WinEd wraps at the "when" above but when I

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-28 Thread Larry
RW> Hello Larry, RW> On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 you wrote in RW> LW>> I like using the MicroEd but I can't stand the longer lines. RW> Weird. Your reply comes out full screen width here. Hmm. On my screen, with Windows prop fonts the lines wrap but when switching to plain t

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-28 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Larry Wing & everyone else, on 28-Mrz-2006 at 07:57 you (Larry Wing) wrote: > I like using the MicroEd but I can't stand the longer lines. Seems like you're confusing MicroEd with WinEd. The latter is the one with the unwrapped lines. -- Best regards, Alexander (http:/

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-28 Thread Paul Meathrel
Hi Richard, Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 11:29:30 AM, you wrote: > Weird. Your reply comes out full screen width here. Ditto :) -- Warmest regards, Paul Created using TheBat! 3.72.04 (Beta) on Windows XP Current version is 3.71.03 | 'Using TBUDL'

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-28 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Larry, On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 you wrote in LW> I like using the MicroEd but I can't stand the longer lines. Weird. Your reply comes out full screen width here. -- Regards, Richard | The Bat! 3.72.04 (Beta) with SpamPal & POP3 account and no Plug-ins | Windows XP (build 2600

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-28 Thread Martin Schuster
Hello WL, > On 3/27/06, Martin Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> *Technically* I think it would be no problem to build mail clients >> that wrap unwrapped text automatically at a user-given width, so >> everyone would be able to read the mail just as wide as he wants. >> Everyone would send u

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-27 Thread Larry Wing
ASK> Hello Paul Meathrel & everyone else, ASK> on 22-Mrz-2006 at 19:02 you (Paul Meathrel) wrote: >> So here's the question, what are the benefits of MicroEd as compared >> with the Plain text editor? ASK> For me its the (auto)formatting options and the hard

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-27 Thread WL
Hello, all. On 3/27/06, Martin Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Technically* I think it would be no problem to build mail clients > that wrap unwrapped text automatically at a user-given width, so > everyone would be able to read the mail just as wide as he wants. > Everyone would send unwra

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-27 Thread Martin Schuster
Hello Paul, Having read the whole wrapping-discussion in one flow I can't resist adding my few thoughts about that topic. Because I think both Alexander and Paul are right: *Technically* I think it would be no problem to build mail clients that wrap unwrapped text automatically at a user-given wi

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Stephane Bouvard (ML) & everyone else, on 26-Mrz-2006 at 23:03 you (Stephane Bouvard (ML)) wrote: > Maybe an idea for ritlabs : i think this option should really not be > difficult to implement , and will offer a great solution for people > who want to preview their mails on a smaller width

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Stephane, On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 you wrote in SBM> It seems that the only thing needed is the following : be able to SBM> resize the preview pane independently of the others panes...it SBM> seems logical that the width of the preview pane is the width the SBM> user want to preview their m

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Stephane Bouvard (ML)
Hi, ,- - [ Le dimanche 26 mars 2006 vers 19:23 Curtis écrivait: ] - - | > Richard's suggestion that TB! should be able to wrap received text to a > user defined limit in the viewer, independent of the preview pane would > be the nice thing to have. However, Pegasus Mail is the only client with >

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Curtis & everyone else, on 26-Mrz-2006 at 19:23 you (Curtis) wrote: > Format=flowed is an interesting system introduced in the RFC to help > tackle this problem. However, it will work only if all clients followed > suite. I assume you only mean that the reflowing "will work only" if the cl

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Curtis
On 26/3/2006 at 9:55:15 AM [GMT -0500], Stephane Bouvard (Ml) wrote: > Because you request your TB to display the messages wide. If my or anyone else's TB! window size preference was determined by the size we'd want our preview panes to be, then there would be no problem. It would seem that this

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Stephane, this is getting boring and a bit ridiculous, I beg your pardon. The fact that you can't have it your way doesn't mean that you must convince everyone else to want to have it your way. Not that you would be successful, anyway. EOD for me, sorry. -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Richard Wakeford
M> configured... It's maybe an option that should be asked for in TB! then, that incoming mail, if longer than the stipulated length chosen by the recipient (in my case 72 characters) that the mail has a sort of automatic "ALT" + "L" performed on it (as you can do when

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Mica Mijatovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Sun, 26 Mar 2006, @ @ at 11:57:10 +0200, when Stephane Bouvard [ML] wrote: > Is someone unable to read this mail because their reader cannot wrap > itself ? All the letters

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Stephane Bouvard (ML)
Hi, ,- - [ Le dimanche 26 mars 2006 vers 14:43 Alexander S. Kunz écrivait: ] - - | >> Really strange, i use TB also of course, i've tried with the two >> differents reader options available in TB (Plain Text viewer & Rich >> Text/HTML), the two readers correctly wrap my previous mail to the >> wid

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Robert D.
Who would have guessed that Curtis would have said : > Consider a widescreen format display ... 17". > full height account tree layout > show the message list nicely with a few informative columns > The preview window is below the message list pane, nice and wide All as above. Though I agree w

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Curtis
On 26/3/2006 at 4:57:10 AM [GMT -0500], Stephane Bouvard [Ml] wrote: > I still do not see the compatibility problem : is there some systems > unable to read correctly messages without hardwrapping ? That > question remain open for me : is there a compatibility problem with > mails using no hardwr

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Richard Wakeford
Hello Alexander, On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 you wrote in ASK> Yeah, to the window border of the reader pane, dude. Thats far to wide ASK> for my taste, and not a very custom wrapping of incoming messages. I have to agree with you 100% on that one. I have my message pane quite wide and scanning eyes ac

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Stephane Bouvard (ML) & everyone else, on 26-Mrz-2006 at 14:23 you (Stephane Bouvard (ML)) wrote: >> I find your messages are pretty hard to read when you use WinEd. >> Because TB doesn't wrap incoming messages for me. > Really strange, i use TB also of course, i've tried with the two > di

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Stephane Bouvard (ML)
Hi, ,- - [ Le dimanche 26 mars 2006 vers 12:39 Alexander S. Kunz écrivait: ] - - | > the square brakets in your realname are getting pretty annoying, the > listmailer again rejected the message as "containing to many > recipients". :-[ It allow me to disting different accounts, i will change it t

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Stephane Bouvard [ML] & everyone else, the square brakets in your realname are getting pretty annoying, the listmailer again rejected the message as "containing to many recipients". :-[ on 26-Mrz-2006 at 11:57 you (Stephane Bouvard [ML]) wrote: >> Discouraged: readability, we've been thru

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-26 Thread Stephane Bouvard [ML]
Hi, ,- - [ Le samedi 25 mars 2006 vers 20:55 Alexander S. Kunz écrivait: ] - - | > Discouraged: readability, we've been thru that already. :-) Avoiding hardwrap does not limit the readability as the reader remain able to display the message with a 76 chars width... and a message without hardwra

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-25 Thread Curtis
On 25/3/2006 at 11:38:55 AM [GMT -0500], Stephane Bouvard [Ml] wrote: > Technical and scientific (and many other) magazines is divided into > multiple columns first because you can insert more text on the same > page (you loose less surface between paragraphs,...), and thus cost > less to print :)

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-25 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Stephane Bouvard (ML) & everyone else, on 25-Mrz-2006 at 19:26 you (Stephane Bouvard (ML)) wrote: >> Thats what TBs WinEd does, so go ahead and use it! ;-) > I use it, my question is : why is it forbidded on some lists and > sometimes even discouraged ? Forbidden: I don't know, I don't kn

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-25 Thread Stephane Bouvard (ML)
the editor window, i must set the "wrap text at" to a really big value (the maximum, 32000). To use WinEd like i want, i must set "Wrap text at 32000", but to respect the rules of some

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-25 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Stephane Bouvard [ML] & everyone else, on 25-Mrz-2006 at 17:38 you (Stephane Bouvard [ML]) wrote: >> Well, it is commonly acknowledged that articles are easier to read >> and comprehend if the text is not too wide. Thats why text in >> technical and scientific magazines is divided into mult

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-25 Thread Stephane Bouvard [ML]
ay. :-P Again, it's technicaly not possible to disting linebreak from hardwrap... >> I respect the rules of the list, thus i've also hardwrapped this mail, but >> can >> someone tell me if it's possible with TheBat to use a different wrapping >> settings

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-25 Thread Mica Mijatovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Sat, 25 Mar 2006, @ @ at 10:50:33 +0100, when Stephane Bouvard [ML] wrote: >> Much better - the text is nicely wrapped now. > That's only a matter of taste, for me, your text i

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-25 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
t; I respect the rules of the list, thus i've also hardwrapped this mail, but can > someone tell me if it's possible with TheBat to use a different wrapping > settings depending of the folder or the recipient ? I would like when i > compose > a mail for some lists to use a fixe

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-25 Thread Stephane Bouvard [ML]
Hi, ,- - [ Le mercredi 22 mars 2006 vers 22:50 Alexander S. Kunz écrivait: ] - - | >> OK, does this suit you better. I've temporarily switched to MicroEd to >> see how things go for a few days. I've no doubt that you'll notice if >> I switch back. How does it l

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-24 Thread Chris
Luca @ 3/24/2006 2:43:35 AM "MicroEd vs Plain text" > I agree. An old question of mine, never answered clearly: is it true > that it's theoretically impossible to program an editor that - to a > user's *eyes and fingers* - has all the MicroEd features plus the &g

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-24 Thread Mica Mijatovic
unrest in heart and dulness in the mind. Sometimes certain spots on clothes too... > I've a number of significant difference in how the two work in > relation to the spell-checker, which was what started me on trying out > MicroEd in the first place. It's always good whe

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-24 Thread Mica Mijatovic
ossible to program an editor that - to a user's *eyes > and fingers* - has all the MicroEd features plus the ability to > consider a *single* carriage return as a paragraph separator? I think it would be possible only if a such editor could work in two modes, and that such, less or more, ed

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-24 Thread Luca
Mica Mijatovic: >@ @ at 21:17:31 +, when Paul Meathrel wrote: > > > OK, does this suit you better. I've temporarily switched to MicroEd to > > see how things go for a few days. I've no doubt that you'll notice if > > I switch back. How doe

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-23 Thread Paul Meathrel
e default editor. I've a number of significant difference in how the two work in relation to the spell-checker, which was what started me on trying out MicroEd in the first place. -- Warmest regards, Paul Created using TheBat! 3.72.04 (Beta) on Windows XP

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-22 Thread Mica Mijatovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Wed, 22 Mar 2006, @ @ at 21:17:31 +, when Paul Meathrel wrote: > OK, does this suit you better. I've temporarily switched to MicroEd to > see how thi

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-22 Thread Mica Mijatovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Wed, 22 Mar 2006, @ @ at 13:20:10 -0600, when Chris wrote: > Personally, I don't like reading yellow text on a white background... > :-) Sometimes reading even blackest text on

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-22 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
better. I've temporarily switched to MicroEd to > see how things go for a few days. I've no doubt that you'll notice if > I switch back. How does it look at your end now I've switched? Much better - the text is nicely wrapped now. >> I only have auto-wrap enabled an

Re[2]: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-22 Thread Stuart Cuddy
Hello Paul, Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 3:17:31 PM, you wrote: PM> As far as the Help file goes, it seems to indicate that ALT-L means PM> "Align the block on left end". When I try it on your text and on mine PM> it doesn't appear to do anything, what exactly does it do? Try typing a Paragraph wit

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-22 Thread Paul Meathrel
h appears as three lines in my preview window - I find > that rather hard to read. OK, does this suit you better. I've temporarily switched to MicroEd to see how things go for a few days. I've no doubt that you'll notice if I switch back. How does it look at your end now I've

Re[2]: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-22 Thread vitalie vrabie
hi, Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 9:00:40 PM, you wrote: > when composing a message in The Bat's MicroEd editor, > you can be sure it will be displayed for all of your recipients > in exactly the same way you're composing it. ...with the condition that they'll view wit

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-22 Thread Mica Mijatovic
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 ***^\ ."_)~~ ~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Wed, 22 Mar 2006, @ @ at 20:00:40 +0100, when [EMAIL PROTECTED] explained advantages of TB's wsygfdjjkfd MicroEd(itor): > This is a dream come t

Re: MicroEd vs Plain text

2006-03-22 Thread Chris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] @ 3/22/2006 1:00:40 PM "MicroEd vs Plain text" > In one word, wysiwyg. Using MicroEd, you're guaranteed that what you > see on your screen as you type your message, will be delivered > looking exactly the same to all recipients of your message,

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