Wednesday, August 09, 2000, 4:55:04 PM, Curtis, wrote:
C> On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 15:54:15 -0500, Joe Finocchiaro wrote:
C>>> a) Hit <CTRL><F4)
C>>> b) Hold down the <SHIFT> key while hitting the reply toolbar button.
C>>> c) Go to the Message -> Specials -> Reply quoting selected text
JF>> Curtis, when I do as you described above, after selecting the text and
JF>> upon hitting <CTRL><F4>, I get the desired results. Thanks for the
JF>> tip!
C> Oh cripes. NOOOOO!!! <CTRL><F4> replies to the sender. I meant F4. Are
C> you sure that <CTRL><F4> replies quoting only selected text? It
C> shouldn't. It should reply to the *sender*, with everything quoted.
That's exactly what it does, Curtis, I didn't notice it then because
the names were so similar, but that's yet another well hidden "feature," eh?
Yes, using just <F4> replies to the group correctly, and with only the selected
text.
I like that a lot, too.
JF>> [Thanks for the tip! By the way, is that "feature" documented
JF>> anywhere?]
C> I don't know. I know about it because I was around when it was
C> implemented and was very much involved in the heated Steve Lamb vs 'the
C> rest of the world' tussle concerning it's implementation. <g>
It's too bad there isn't a more *painless* way to get the same information,
eh?
:>)
JF>> I don't have to go to Message -> Specials -> Reply quoting selected
JF>> text.
C> Oh, what a hassle. But different strokes, so it has to be added to a
C> menu somewhere. :-)
JF>> Moreover, when I do go to Message ->, there is no Specials -> Reply
JF>> quoting selected text to select from.
C> That's when you right click the message. Yes, this is an inconsistency.
C> Also in the view folder window, the specials menu is a menu on it's own.
C> Another inconsistency. The Message menu in the main window should be the
C> same as the message menu in the view folder window.
There are lots of "inconsistencies," aren't there?
I'm a little afraid now that if I ever do get to be proficient with TB, I'll
start to act inconsistent and quirky myself.
C>>> Version 2 almost certainly will support the use of an external editor.
C>>> Marck, can you back me up on that one?
JF>> Curtis, do you mean it will have an external editor as a plug-in?
C> Yes.
JF>> If so, could you describe a little about how it might work with TB?
C> PMMail is the only client that I've used which offers an external editor
C> for use. Firstly, you define your editor in a config panel as you define
C> your PGP version. To compose a message I hit create or reply to new
C> message. The editor window appears displaying everything else except the
C> editors message body sub-window. I fill in the addressing etc and then
C> hit the use external editor button. My editor fires up showing quoted
C> text or a blank page. I compose the note and close the editor selecting
C> to save the message and then I hit send. The part I dislike is having to
C> close the editor each time, for each message.
Yeah, well, I like that a lot, and I can live with that last part.
I hope they do something just like you described.
Thanks again for the feedback!
And for telling me about two more hidden features!
That makes it 756,755 hidden features discovered in just two weeks!
: >D
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