On Saturday, December 28, 2002, 3:21:19 PM, M. wrote [snipped]: > There are over a thousand projects in the "text editor" category at > SourceForge.net. Many of these also support things far beyond Bat's > present capability -- like HTML editing, Linux, and collapsible tree > views. (I hope for a Linux version of Bat someday, though it is > unlikely.) Some of the projects have GPL licensing but others have > commercial-friendly licensing. > > Bat could use this third-party code, modify it, wrap it with ActiveX, > whatever they need to do. Just a suggestion, not a demand here.
My personal preference is that The Bat! should allow editing of messages in the editor of your choice. I would use Vim, which has many features geared towards, or useful for, email editing. The way I see it, TB! editor is never going to be as good an editor as some others, and nor should it be: developers' resources should be spent on email tasks, not (just) editing tasks. My preferred interface would be to have a hotkey open *the current message* in an external editor. When the editor quits, the text of the message is updated. I see no need to have every single message open up immediately in an external editor, because not every message needs advanced editing. Sorry if this has been discussed before; I'm new and it's not in the FAQ. This was just the right time to jump in, in this case. Cheers, Gavin ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
