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   Message 870 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   testing APoint   
   21 Apr 19 13:19:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:240/2188.31@fidonet d7a1c6f1   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.59 5cbba870   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 20.04.19 at 23:17, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    MF>> Just found time to have another look at this and it turned out that   
    MF>> I didn't understand how it's supposed to work :-/   
      
    MF>> In the message reader, click the "Reply(to sender)" button, which   
    MF>> loads the message into the internal editor. Then, click "Edit" in   
    MF>> the menubar and then click "Open in external editor" and .....   
    MF>> Bingo! :-)   
      
    AA> YES.  This is working now.  I had to remove the old %1 arg from   
    AA> "notepad.exe %1" to just to "notepad.exe", and voila!  ..er, in   
    AA> this case.. hurra!   
      
   Yippeeeeee!   
      
    AA> I don't think I would have noticed the extra step to select "E)dit" and   
    AA> then "Open with exT)ernal" in the original reply window.   
      
    AA> Calling an editor within the original editor is a bit weird.   
      
   Yeah, wouldn't have expected it to be there.   
      
    AA> Did you notice that while you are busy in the external editor, there is   
    AA> yet another window underneath:   
      
    AA>  - Diese Nachricht wird im externen Editor bearbeitet.   
    AA>  - Startbefehl: "H:\Apoint\notepad.exe H:\Apoint\APoint1.msg"   
      
   Nope, I hadn't noticed that, thanks for the heads-up.   
      
    AA> Your persistence paid off!    Thank you.   
      
   Welcome :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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