Hi Rich, @22-Dec-2003, 18:29 -0500 (22-Dec 23:29 UK time) rich gregory [RG] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to jwayne:
j>> ... the Ctrl-shift-left arrow keeps everything highlighted and j>> puts the cursor at the beginning of the field. RG> This is one of my BIGGEST complaints with TB. Though I use TB RG> myself (and put up with it's numerous oddities) I could never RG> recommend this product to any clients as this sort of thing RG> (among others) is just too unprofessional. I would certainly not let the way a minor edit field implementation hold me back from heartily recommending TB to anyone, anytime. This is such a tiny flaw compared to more serious issues with the HTML generated by the HTML editor for instance (not that I use it that often) or the loss of folder some have experienced during some of the beta cycles. Compare the usefulness of the header editing area with the sheer power of the always safe HTML rendering, the AB template macro system, regular expression automated data extraction, reliability of the message base. To me, it sounds almost like fussing about the bad design of the indicator stalk in a Ferrari. To deprive people of the recommendation of the power and safety inherent in TB over so petty a problem seems strange to me. j>> You still can't reformat lots of text at time. Mark, cut, paste formatted. Done. So, yes you can. j>> Alt-L, ... If you highlight more than one paragraph at a time, j>> it will join them together and reformat so that doesn't work. ... which is what it is designed to do - re-wrap the marked text into a single paragraph. j>> Paste Formatted doesn't work at all if the original text has j>> indentations. That's not my experience. RG> Also a big problem with the formatting is that as quoted lines RG> get longer and longer with each reply Not if you reformat them. Either use the recursive wrap template macro published in the Library (which is what I personally use) or manually Alt-L for each paragraph to which you are replying. RG> (what with all the >>>>>>>s getting added) the wrap ceases to RG> properly attribute the quote to the proper author. That REALLY RG> sucks, especially when you have a very long email to now correct RG> the quotes for. Erm - whatever happened to "trim to context"? j>> There is undo but no redo. Something that is pretty much j>> standard in any decent editor these days. RG> Again, both are quite unprofessional. That's harsh. Yes, redo should be there I suppose. If I implement an undo function I implement a redo at the same time. But I wouldn't go so far as to say "Unprofessional". NotePad has no redo. DOpus has no redo. RegEdit has Neither undo nor redo. Windows Explorer has no redo. As a rule, most software whose main purpose is editing has both undo and redo. TB's main function is mail receive and read, not editing. I'll bet you receive over 10 times the number of mails you write. Undo doesn't figure there. I understand that you have a low opinion with regard to TB and a right to have it. Mine differs. -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v2.03.10 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 '
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