Hello Carsten, That is a very clever use of templates. I will try it and see how it works in practice. Thanks!
It just goes to show what a bit of intelligence can do when applied to something as sophisticated as TB! -- Best regards, Jon Saturday, April 6, 2002, 6:36:58 AM, you wrote: CT> Hi Jon, hi list, CT> * Jon Lawrance (JL) writes: JL>> When I get an email, quite often I need to choose a reply from a JL>> possible list of 5 canned answers. JL>> I understand there are keyboard shortcuts where I can type a keyword JL>> and hit Alt+space or something like that. But when I have lots of JL>> different replies for each folder, it gets near impossible to remember JL>> what they are. JL>> Is there a way to do this CT> yes, there is. JL>> perhaps using another application CT> no, no ;) JL>> or is this a high priority feature that The Bat team should look JL>> at? CT> [...] JL>> Any suggestions? CT> Daniel had the idea in [1]. I found a much simpler way to get a "quick CT> menu" for quick templates: CT> Here is the quick template you should use for mails you have to CT> reply to in different ways using some canned answers: CT> ______________________________________________________________________ CT> %CLEAR CT> ------------------------------------------------------------ CT> mail from: %OFromName <%OFromAddr> CT> to: %oToName <%OToAddr> CT> subject: %osubj CT> ------------------------------------------------------------ CT> Standard reply template t_handle_s%cursor CT> <canned answer 1 description> t_handle_1 CT> <canned answer 2 description> handle_2 CT> <canned answer 3 description> handle_3 CT> <canned answer 4 description> t_hdl_4 CT> <canned answer 5 description> templ_handle_5 CT> <canned answer 6 description> handle_06 CT> <canned answer 7 description> t_handle_7 CT> <...> ... CT> ���������������������������������������������������������������������� CT> Every time you reply to a message you'll see information about sender, CT> receiver, subject and describtions and handles (= names) of all CT> relevant templates you might want to use. CT> Look at the %cursor macro. Assumed you created quick templates for all CT> your canned answers you just have to move your cursor down to the CT> wanted handle and finally press Ctrl+Space. This is really quick! (The CT> handles must be aligned on right of course) CT> This is even a better solution than selecting templates directly from CT> the menu (Utilities -> Insert quick template) because a) you can list CT> only the templates you want and b) you can order, arrange etc. them as CT> you like (with separators...). CT> A canned answer template could look line this (%CLEAR is important!): CT> ______________________________________________________________________ CT> %CLEAR%-Hello %AbOFromFirstName="%OFromFirstName", CT> * you wrote: CT> %QUOTES CT> No problem, [...] CT> -- CT> Regards, Jon CT> ���������������������������������������������������������������������� CT> Maybe one could use such a quick menu as a folder template for some CT> mailing lists (those without reply-to: and with the need for setting a CT> to: in folder templates) and let the user choose between "reply to CT> list", "reply to author" etc.? CT> [1] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
