On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 21:00:50 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:
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KP> Another approach is to use a DDE-aware editor. (Epsilon is also one
KP> of these.) The client program (eg. TB or PMMail) can send a DDE
KP> message to an existing instance of such a program to open a file,
KP> and register some kind of callback or reply address (I don't know
KP> the details) to register when the file is saved and it's time to
KP> send. One could then configure a hot-key in the editor to send a
KP> "send this message" command back to the mail client. PMMail does NOT
KP> implement this kind of capability, though. Epsilon could in
KP> principle be configured to work with this interface. It can also
KP> invoke entry points in user-supplied DLL's to provide an arbitrary
KP> interface.

This is the sort of thing I'm referring to Kenneth. Having to close the
editor every time in PMMail is plain awkward. It may be natural to Steve
but it's bad. I'd only put up with it if I really much preferred the
external editor over the internal one.

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