[arachne] Re: arachne Digest V2 #212 (external edit)

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> I can't see how you would automate going from incoming message
> to a reply in the outbox without going through the page that
> opens the internal editor for editing the reply, which as I said
> is one of the stages where the internal editor can and HAS
> damaged my messages.

You have point, mate...


> And I can't figure out how you would attach a file using the
> external editor.

Two points for Grifindor...

> As far as I am concerned there are only two practical solutions:
> 1. fix the internal editor;
> OR
> 2. rewrite the compose/modify message screen so it bypasses the
> internal editor altogether.

This brings us back to an old discussion.

Is there something wrong with the internal editor... if some listmembers
have trouble and others have not?

In the past we had a similar situation with the Arachne desktop not
behaving as it should at some of us computers.
The cause was the DOS version that came with Win95/98, not even all
versions.
This has been fixed in Arachne (I don't know how).

Perhaps we should make an inventary of the systems used by the mebers
that do have problems with the internal editor and those who don't.
In order to detect what could be the cause...

What I use, without problems:
Pentium I, 75MHz or 233MHz
Both computers have win95 installed of which the DOS (7.2 ???) is used
for Arachne 1.61 (favourite) or 1.75.
Both computers are booted DOS-only for Arachne and no ramdisk is used.
Cache is on HD and is cleaned from time to time with F8.
FAT16 file system is used on the HD.

When I use Arachne NO OTHER programs are running on this machine at the
same time, although I might break out from Arachne to other DOS
programes like Norton Commander, external editor, external image viewer,
GhostScript, .....

Some DOS programs use Arachne for image viewing or HTML view and edit.

There is no home network.

Regards, Bastiaan





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