Hi Paul,   
      
   On 02 Nov 16 23:20, Paul Quinn wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
     about: "Fmail updates":   
      
    WV>> Except for the configuration program. But I have no idea what that   
    WV>> will look like yet. ;)   
      
    PQ> Aw, c'mon... we're big boys now.  We can deal with text file based   
    PQ> configurations.  :)   
      
    PQ> Can you export a text config file from your current Win/32 version?  (Just   
    PQ> asking as I don't know.)  Perhaps use that as the starting point?[shrug]   
      
   There is an export function, but that leaves out the details of the   
   configuration. And it's more ment as a "pretty" print option for humans, not   
   as configuration...   
      
   Anyway, converting to a text based configuration isn't as trivial as it   
   sounds. It isn't like the configuration is read at the start and (possibly)   
   saved at the end of the program. You must remember the program was developed   
   in the DOS age when available memory was (very) limited. So for instance the   
   area configuration isn't read completely into memory, just the parts that are   
   needed at the time. And it is constantly updated during tossing with for   
   instance the last tossed date. To change this behaviour you have to rewrite   
   large parts of the code.   
      
   And have a look at the structures used in the configuration files, there are a   
   lot:   
      
   https://sourceforge.net/p/fmail/code/ci/CodeBlocks/tree/fmstruct.h   
      
   Wilfred.   
      
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