Hello Bill, On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:32:20 -0700 GMT (23/Aug/09, 0:32 AM +0700 GMT), Bill McQuillan wrote:
>> They added the option many versions ago: You can use the Windows >> editor. Many people were unhappy with the way MicroEd works, because >> most editors under Windows (notably the ones from Microsoft) behave in >> a certain way and people just wanted to stick with what they were used >> to. The Windows editor complies with that. >> I myself prefer MicroEd, the way it is, but that is my personal choice. BM> I, on the other hand, much prefer the Windows editor. That's fine. TB! offers both editors so that the users have a choice. BM> However, it has a problem for me that could be cured "with a simple BM> checkbox." BM> When I am composing, the editor wraps lines in a paragraph at my specified BM> margin (75 chars). Unfortunately, when the message is transmitted, the BM> paragraphs are sent *without* wrapping. Thus my correspondents see lines BM> that either wrap at *their* window edges or extend off the window to the BM> right and must be scrolled to be seen depending on their particular email BM> client. Yes, that's the way the Windows editor works. BM> I have gotten into the habit of 1) separating paragraphs with a blank line BM> and 2) just before sending the message I select Options >> Message Format >>> Plain Text (MicroEd) (which causes all paragraphs to become one long BM> line each). I then select each paragraph like that and hit Alt-L to BM> reformat it and *then* click the send button. Now I'm confused. Are you using MicroEd? If so, there is no need to hit format first, just alt-click. It's necessary for me only if I added some words into a paragraphm as I have auto-format off. Oh, you can set auto-format on, then you don't need to hit alt-L, as you prefer. And yes, a new paragraph starts after 2 line feeds, that's normal (IMHO). Also in Windows editors (for example in MS-Word) I hit enter twice to mark a new paragraph. It doesn't look good otherwise. Maybe there is even a grammar rule about it. BM> Now I have figured the reason is that RitLabs considers that the Windows BM> Editor is to be normally used with proportional fonts and that the number BM> of characters is not an appropriate measurement (although they seem to BM> handle it fine during editing). If there was an option to specify the final BM> width by inches, cm, picas, points,... and if I choose a fixed pitch font BM> so I could get that 75 character line, I would be very pleased. I don't know about this. BM> BTW, as you can see by my sig, I am using TB v2.11 and it *is* possible BM> that some such feature has been incorporated into a more recent version. If BM> so, I might (might!) be tempted to upgrade. I don't think MicroEd has changed since TB! v1.x, except for the ability to use UTF. I don't know about the Windows editor. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.9.4 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.9.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
