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   MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 5ca4356a   
   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 07-09-15   
    On 2019 Apr 02 23:42:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    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.   
      
    ml>> i've never seen one that does that...   
      
    ml>> FWIW: the INSert key may also start a new message... that's a   
    ml>> traditional key mapping in all of the sysop-side editors i've ever   
    ml>> used...   
      
    AA> You can bet that I've also never seen so many non-standard editing key   
    AA> sequences.  LOL   
      
   hehehe...   
      
    AA> Even Wordperfect and Wordstar managed to share the same key-combos.   
      
   not in my experience... i detested WP because it didn't use the standard   
   touch-typist keys that i learned from my programming editors...   
      
   eg: these wordstar touch-typist keystrokes   
       ^KB  block begin   
       ^KK  block end   
       ^KC  block copy   
       ^KV  block move   
       ^KW  block write   
       ^KY  block delete   
      
   i don't recall the ones for WP but they were mostly Fxx key combinations... the   
    worst one was moving the Help from the F1 key... that really really stunk...   
      
    AA> BUT, OXP has so m-a-n-y features.  For a program that  was initially   
    AA> released in early 1992, and also being a full-fledged mail and   
    AA> newsreader for the Internet - supporting external clients sharing   
    AA> messages using POP3 / SMTP (mail) and NNTP (news) protocols.. it's   
    AA> impressive.   
      
   there's a lot of FTN tools like that... GoldEd is one that also has a lot of   
   those capabilities... i only use the standard FTN stuff with it, though...   
      
    AA> If it was as "complete" and apparently bugfree as it appears now, it   
    AA> could have been my "user" editor of choice.  But, back then we had   
    AA> other fine emerging offline readers/editors to work with too.   
      
   yup...   
      
    AA> INSert key has a special function in oxp.  (I don't know how to pop   
    AA> out of this editor and come back to edit the same message - yet,   
    AA> otherwise I would tell you exactly what INS does.)   
      
   can't open another window and look at the help? i have no less than a dozen   
   windows open over here... some running specific monitoring tasks and others   
   waiting on input or something to do ;)   
      
    AA> Martin F. wrote a wonderful english user-guide for oxp.  I would refer   
    AA> to it more often if it had all the menus and submenus.  The menu   
    AA> structure is phenominal - that is, so many levels and features.  Most   
    AA> it, once configured, probably never needs to be reviewed again.   
      
    AA> From the guide:   
      
    AA> Ctl-KC - copy block to cursor position   
    AA> Ctl-KV - move block to cursor position   
    AA> Ctl-KY - delete block   
    AA> Ctl-KW - write block to file   
    AA> Ctl-KO - ROT13 encrypt block   
    AA> Ctl-QB - move cursor to beginning of block   
    AA> Ctl-QK - move cursor to end of block   
      
   standard wordstar stuff... looks almost like mine i listed above ;)   
      
    AA> I like to work with blocks, inserting text, moving paragraphs around,   
    AA> etc. I don't think I will ever remember the above.  But the context   
    AA> sensitive help invoked with F1 is pretty good.   
      
   :)   
      
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