Hello Jeff,
1. september 2001, 19:05:52, you wrote:
J> 1) The message-editor doesn't work like any other I've used and it's
J> taking some time to get used to it.
Once you get used to it, you'll find it better than anything else
(maybe the only editor which compares to The Bat's is that from FAR
with some plugins :)
J> a) For example, is it possible to automatically "reflow" after fixing a
J> line. For example, suppose I've read the line above beginning with
J> the "1", and decided I wanted to change message-editor to just
J> "editor" and "any other I've used" to "others". That causes the lines
J> to "reflow" in other editors I've used, including Eudora and Netscape
J> Mail. Do I need to edit it by hand to reflow it, or will it
J> automatically reflow as it's sent? If I need to reflow it myself, is
J> there something I can do to automate the process, or at least make it
J> easier?
AFAIK, you have to do it manually. Go to the paragraph, and press
Alt+L. Editor in The Bat! is WYSIWG - meaning that e-mail will be sent
in exactly the same form you see it in editor. Auto-format
(Utilities->Auto Format) may help you a little.
J> b) The cursor doesn't move back to the left margin when it traverses a
J> blank line, the way it does in most Windows text editors. Therefore,
J> when I move down to the bottom to continue my message after seeing and
J> fixing a line above, I must reposition the cursor. A side-effect of
J> this appears to be that the "-- " sig delimeter is shortened to just
J> "--", as trailing blank spaces in lines appear to be truncated.
Many actually like to be able to place the cursor anywhere and start
typing.
J> c) The ability to cursor down past the end of a new email is a bit
J> disconcerting, too.
Why?
J> 2) I haven't figured out how to scroll through unread messages
J> properly and efficiently. For example:
J> a) When I first set up The Bat! I used 600 seconds as the time
before <snip>
I don't really understand, what you are talking here about...
J> b) Other programs I use (Eudora and Netscape) have a button I can
J> press which will automatically find (in Eudora's case) the next
J> message, or (in Netscape's case) the next unread message. The Bat!
J> doesn't seem to have either, and I've had to scroll through all the
J> messages by hand.
Ctrl+Left (jump to next unread msg) and Ctrl+Right (jump to prev
unread)
J> c) I haven't found a way to open up threads automaticallly by
J> scrolling through them, and the folder list-window doesn't scroll
J> automatically, so opening up all those "+" signs can take a long time.
If thread contains unread messages, and you use Ctrl+Left/Right, it
will expand automatically.
You can open whole thread at once by pressing Ctrl++ (Ctrl+Plus)
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Jernej Simoncic, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/
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[The Bat! v1.53d on Windows 98 4.10.1998. ]
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