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   Wilfred van Velzen to mark lewis   
   Re: FMail   
   24 Apr 14 17:04:06   
   
   Hi,   
      
   On 2014-04-24 14:43:25, mark lewis wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
     about: "FMail":   
      
    WvV>> There are just 7 items in the main menu when fsetup is started. Is   
    WvV>> that crowded? It's just a different way of doing menu's, you just   
    WvV>> have to get used to it. It's more like Allfix's setup program I   
    WvV>> suppose. When I'm ever going to rewrite fsetup, I will probably use   
    WvV>> a more conventional approach.   
      
    ml> funny thing here... i was using FMail on my main system before i switched   
    ml> to FE... this was before JAM was introduced and at least a few years   
   before   
    ml> i was asked to join the FE beta team... when i switched, my fingers always   
    ml> wanted to type "fsetup" so i created a bat file that i still use today to   
    ml> load FE's setup program ;) :) :)   
      
    ml> something else to note about many setup programs... quite many of them are   
    ml> fashioned after the FD/FE style... even allfix... i forget where the style   
    ml> actually started but back in the day it was easily recognizable and   
    ml> extremely easy for folks to jump between tools using the format and   
    ml> layout... FMail is close but twisted askew just slightly...   
      
    ml> you really should take a look at these other tools and see what they do ;)   
      
   I might once I find the time to rewrite the ui of fsetup. ;)   
      
   I'm not going to spend time re-doing the current menu structure. When I'll   
   rewrite I will use something that will at least work in both linux and   
   windows, like Qt.   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
      
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