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   Message 988 of 3,070   
   August Abolins to Martin Foster   
   oxp: PROS and CONS   
   06 May 19 20:54:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d82847ef   
   REPLY: 2:240/2188.31@fidonet d829eca1   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello Martin!   
      
   I see that you've been very busy test-driving OXP!   
      
      
   ** 06.05.19 - 14:08, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:   
      
      
    MF>OpenXP   
    MF>======   
      
    MF>[CONS]   
    MF>No support for USB printers.   
    MF>No support for Wireless printers.   
      
   I've never gotten OXP to "print" anything for me.  I thought that at least     
   my options to select my *virtual printers*, CutePDF or OneNote2007, would     
   pop up as choices, but they don't.   
      
   BTW.. considering that OXP seems to inherit direct references to legacy      
   LPT1/2/3 etc.. for configuration, maybe the hacks out there to redirect     
   LPT# to USB# might work?   
      
      
    MF>[PROS]   
   ----------8<----------   
    MF>Twit filter.   
      
   How do you do that?  One shortcoming in OXP is the lack of overall Help     
   Search.  There is really no clue *where* to find certain features when I     
   want. :(   
      
   And some of the features that you cite could use a little more explanation     
   like this:   
      
    Autopost feature.   
    [Automatic Message-Sending] = Edit/Autosend   
      
    This is the list of messages to be sent auto-   
    matically. The list can have as many entries as you   
    wish. Note: All auto-send messages must exist indivi-   
    dually as files on the disk.   
      
      
   Autopost sounds very handy for the busy writer or sysop.   
      
      
    MF>Open source(GPLv2).   
    MF>Source freely available either by svn or by d/loadable ZIP archive.   
    MF>Actively developed.   
    MF>Responsive developer.   
      
   Again.. all good!  So, things like this would be great in the comparison     
   table as extra notes.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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