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|    August Abolins to mark lewis    |
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      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d7080449       REPLY: 1:3634/12.73 5ca41cec       PID: OpenXP/5.0.36 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       Hello mark!              AA>> Hmm.. W at the Folder level creates a fresh new message. It would       AA>> make more sense to me if W could be invoked while viewing the Message       AA>> list.              > i've never seen one that does that...              > FWIW: the INSert key may also start a new message... that's a traditional       > key mapping in all of the sysop-side editors i've ever used...              You can bet that I've also never seen so many non-standard editing key        sequences. LOL              Even Wordperfect and Wordstar managed to share the same key-combos.              BUT, OXP has so m-a-n-y features. For a program that was initially        released in early 1992, and also being a full-fledged mail and newsreader        for the Internet - supporting external clients sharing messages using POP3        / SMTP (mail) and NNTP (news) protocols.. it's impressive.              If it was as "complete" and apparently bugfree as it appears now, it could        have been my "user" editor of choice. But, back then we had other fine        emerging offline readers/editors to work with too.              INSert key has a special function in oxp. (I don't know how to pop out of        this editor and come back to edit the same message - yet, otherwise I        would tell you exactly what INS does.)              Martin F. wrote a wonderful english user-guide for oxp. I would refer to        it more often if it had all the menus and submenus. The menu structure is        phenominal - that is, so many levels and features. Most it, once        configured, probably never needs to be reviewed again.              From the guide:              Ctl-KC - copy block to cursor position       Ctl-KV - move block to cursor position       Ctl-KY - delete block       Ctl-KW - write block to file       Ctl-KO - ROT13 encrypt block       Ctl-QB - move cursor to beginning of block       Ctl-QK - move cursor to end of block              I like to work with blocks, inserting text, moving paragraphs around, etc.        I don't think I will ever remember the above. But the context sensitive        help invoked with F1 is pretty good.              Regards,        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.36        * Origin: /|ug's Point, ONT, CANADA (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 15/2 123/1970 154/10 203/0 221/1 6 360 226/17 229/107 354       SEEN-BY: 229/426 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854       SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 322/757 342/200 393/68 396/45 423/120 712/848       SEEN-BY: 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 221/1 280/464 229/426           |
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