[arachne] Re: arachne Digest V2 #228

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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 06:23:34 -0800, Ray Andrews wrote:

>> Back onto another point: Is there simple any way the compose/
>> reply/modify pages could be modified to bypass the internal
>> editor entirely, both coming and going?

> It wouldn't be easy since the address, attachment, and other fields in
> the mail screen must be entered as well as the text body of the message,
> and it's hard to imagine how that could be done from within the
> external editor.  Thus you *have* to spend time at the internal editor
> screen, even if it's just to enter those fields, -- and to press the
> appropriate buttons for sending and forwarding, etc.

Since I have had no trouble with those fields, but only with the text in
the text editing window (apart from one notable case) then maybe the
problem is only related to editing text in the text window.

If we could arrange for the internal editor to handle the other fields,
but leave the body text strictly to the external editor, then maybe that
would fix the problem as a stopgap measure.

OTOH maybe it wouldn't. But would it be worth trying? I don't know
enough about how the ediotr works to be able to comment on that.


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