ON Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 8:27:26 AM, you wrote: RA> TBUDL members
RA> Can anyone on the list explain to me the rationale behind peculiar RA> behaviour of the mail editor? While the template editor behaves in what RA> I would call a normal manner, the mail editor RA> * has its own unique line wrap/autoformat behaviour RA> * treats each line as if it extends indefinitely out to the right, so RA> that moving the cursor to the right will never wrap to the next RA> line RA> * treats the page as if it extended down indefinitely, so that the RA> cursor can be put anywhere beyond the end of the message. RA> Is this intentional (ie a feature, not a bug)? Is there any move to RA> replace it with a more "normal" behaviour? Hi Robin, To answer you last question first, Yes its a feature. A feature that takes some getting used to. It stems from the fact that email was/is 7-bit ASCII characters with fixed spacing. This editor behavior allows you to go anywhere on the "page" and place characters were you need them, making it easy to form tables en such. The problem is that most people are used to Word-processors which is a different kind of beast and one that has transformed it self to a sort of desktop publishing program. My advise is that you try it for a while. You will notice that it grows on you. One of the big advantages is that it is WYSIWYG in ASCII. There has been a rumor that in the long awaited Version 2 of TB! there will be an option for an other editor. -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Conserve toilet paper, use both sides. Using The Bat! v1.61 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
