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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   
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