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   Paul Quinn to Holger Granholm   
   Thunderbird   
   24 Jul 16 09:37:22   
   
   Hi! Holger,   
      
   On 07/22/2016 09:20 AM, you wrote:   
      
    HG> Now I could follow your recipe to import a text, into the e-mail I was   
    HG> creating, and I finally succeeded.   
      
   I need to make you aware of one thing about that method.  That function is   
   actually expecting to see a previously saved formatted email.  The way it   
   presents standard text files is a wonderful side-effect.  Caveat emptor.   
      
   In two tests I performed, there were some weird results.  One text capture of   
   a Fidonet message actually formatted correctly for the 'From:' addressee, with   
   its own display field.  In another test, there was an imbedded control   
   character that caused the remaining text in the file to _not_ be displayed.   
      
    HG> But oh how cumbersome, compared to doing it either with the shorthand   
    HG> commands I have in my spine, or with the aid of the editors menu bar,   
    HG> or copying (cutting) text from one window to the other.   
      
   Well, to my way of thinking the work is pretty much the same as for each.  On   
   the one hand, reading in the whole text file requires trimming off excess text   
   above & below the required to-be-quoted section.  On the other, the text file   
   is loaded into a separate window and the required to-be-quoted section is   
   selected & pasted.   
      
   Six, one way; a half-dozen, going back.  Same distance.  :)   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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