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   Message 869 of 3,070   
   August Abolins to Martin Foster   
   oxp: glossary?   
   21 Apr 19 01:24:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d7a02a41   
   REPLY: 2:240/2188.31@fidonet d799c18e   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello Martin!   
      
   ** 20.04.19 - 10:36, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:   
      
   MF> Read the second paragraph of "glossary.cfg" again :)   
      
   MF> However, what it doesn't say is how to actually use the glossary   
   MF> function.   
      
   MF> Place the cursor at the start of a *blank line* in your message and   
   MF> press . Cursor down the list to ">s+<" and press  and   
   MF> see what happens.   
      
   OMG!   The Alt-G was the revelation.   
      
   This feature is SO badly worded in the glossary.cfg.   
      
   [1] If the word "*module*" was used in the .cfg, that would have helped,     
   because the Help on Glossary uses that term quite extensively, but the     
   glossary file does not even mention it once.   
      
   [2] Also, the pretext paragraphs in the .cfg file should have said that     
   the ">" and "<" were to be used IN THIS FILE:   
      
   I was assuming that there was some dynamic feature while editing an actual     
   message.  The tie-in to the unmentioned "modules" in glossary.cfg were not     
   obvious.   
      
   NOW, it is understood.  But I think this function would be a mystery for     
   the next noobie.   
      
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   Best wishes ...   
      
   Works well.  Nice feature. Great for repetative entries.   
      
      
   MF> ... anything placed between the ">" and "<" characters is   
   MF> interpreted as a comment or to put it another way, it's interpreted as   
   MF> the title of the snippet.   
      
   Maybe even the word "snippet" might be better than "module", IMHO.   
      
   For me, a module is a separate entity (as in a separate file).  If the     
   glossary is built on defining "snippets", then another better word would     
   be "shortcut", or "text section"   
      
   The "glossary" feature reminds me of this:   
      
   http://www.yourtechtamer.com/blog/2011/08/can-you-create-a-shortcut-to-    
   auto-paste-your-email-address-onto-the-clipboard/   
      
   But oxp's feature is neater and more flexible (albiet, limited within oxp     
   itself).   
      
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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