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|    August Abolins to Martin Foster    |
|    oxp: v for mark = w    |
|    13 Apr 19 22:09:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d7601d1d       REPLY: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d739ab75       PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       Hello Martin!              ** 08.04.19 - 13:37, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:              AA>> What is the reasoning for putting a "w" next to a message when we       AA>> have to use the "v" key to mark a mesage? Just curious.              MF> That's because "Marked(for reply)" is derived from the German       MF> "Wiedervorlage".              When I see the "w" as a mark, I *still* (and it has been well over a month        using oxp, I have the tendency to hit "w" for the toggle! Granted that        the program is of German origin, I would appreciate that.              If it were in Latvian, everyone might complain about "z" as the mark        symbol. Mark = "Zime". LoL                             ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.38        * 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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