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|    Martin Foster to August Abolins    |
|    adhoc origin line feature    |
|    18 Jan 22 10:52:00    |
      MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet f88afd18       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet f883c585       PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Win32) (i386)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: 0000       Hello August!              *** Monday 17.01.22 at 10:19, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:              [snip]        AA> I'm still trying to wrap my head over the adhoc Origin line        AA> feature in OXP. Dunno what to do with it. I thought it would        AA> be better if it could access an associated text file and paste        AA> things akin to a tagline in there, or drop something        AA> preconfigured in a random way. But as it sits right now, its        AA> usefulness seems wanting.              Hmmmmm, I find it quite useful and it's quick and easy to use.               AA> It is critical to know in advance how many chars the line can        AA> support including the space occupied by the node number.              Yes, it is.               AA> And.. the adhoc one is replaced one with the static one if        AA> there is a need to re-edit the message body before sending it.              Yes, that's correct.               AA> What is the designer's/programmer's idea behind the function?              A basic simple way of changing the pre-defined origin for the current        message. However, there's plenty of scope for improvement in future        releases.               AA> How is anyone else using it?              Ummmmmmmm :)              Regards,       Martin       --- OpenXP 5.0.51        * Origin: OpenXP-Team (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 15/0 30/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/131 124/5016 129/305 153/757 7715 154/10 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 221/0 1 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 307 317 400 424 426 664       SEEN-BY: 229/700 240/1120 5832 249/206 266/512 280/464 5003 282/464       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 292/854 8125 301/0 1 101 113 310/31 317/3 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 335/364 341/234 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/280 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 920/1 2452/250 5058/104       PATH: 310/31 280/464 301/1 229/426           |
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