Tuesday, January 11, 2000, 10:08:35 AM, cid wrote:
> I haven't followed the thread closely...so pardon me for asking this,
> but can someone please tell me *why* again?
Because a dedicated editor will always be better than an editor thrown in
to be "good enough."
> Email programs have enough problems with compatibility and following
> standards without dragging non-standard editors into the foray.
Who ever said non-standard editors? I have always stated that it was
ASCII text. All of the editors that we've talked about have been for editing
ASCII text.
> This is my personal opinion, but I still think email should primarly
> be an ASCII medium,
Nothing we have ever talked about has changed that.
> I then have to open up word (which on my system at work is sometimes
> a problem, becuase I run Wincenter, a windows emulator on a Unix Box)
> just to read an email message that says, in plain text, what could
> have been written in the regular email. To me that is a waste of
> time.
This is funny. You're running a Unix box. Get pine, mutt or elm and see
how they call an external text editor to do the work. That is what we're
discussing here. Of all people I'd think another unix user would get it right
off the bat.
> There also is the issue that not everyone will be able to read an
> "edited" message, because believe it or not, not EVERYONE uses MS
> Office products ;) Then some of your WSIWYG editing you were hoping
> for, can get trashed by another programs translator.
Please, before responding again, read and understand the thread
completely. Since noone has ever mentioned Office products I fail to see why
you're making the assumption that is what we were discussion. In fact, we've
made it abundantly clear that we're talking ASCII editors.
> Sorry if this has been rehashed...but I'm just catching up on the
> thread! :)
Rehashed now. So far out of left field that you're chatting with the UFOs
in the wheat field in the next state? Yes. :)
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