[arachne] Re: arachne progress comment

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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 2:17:11 -0600, Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:

> That was me...however, I think something else is afoot.
> You were NOT using Arachne's "internal editor" when
> you were composing this reply, but rather an external
> editor, if my memory serves correctly you prefer Q Edit.

No, Glenn, I definitely was writing it with the internal editor.

I don't get into the external editor unless I click on the
[External Editor] button below the text window.

Give me some credit, Glenn. I _do_ know the difference.

I usually try doing my replies with the internal editor as it is
one less step than calling the external editor. Then if I need to
do reformatting or pasting in a block from another file, or
something like that that the internal one doesn't handle, I'll go
to the external editor.

> Could it be, possibly, that Q Edit is the actual culprit?

No.

> Something to keep in mind...Arachne "keeps" whatever
> "text" is typed into ANY text input area in a file called
> "TEXTAREA.TMP"  in the Arachne directory.  This file

I don't think so, at least not until one of the buttons is
clicked.

The Arachne directory is on my hard disk, and I don't hear _ANY_
disk activity while I'm typing in the text window, until I click
on one of the buttons below the text window.

Possibly it may save the stuff to a file in the TEMP subdirectory
which is on the RAMdisk. I can't comment about that as such an
activity is silent.

> Myself, I was never a big fan of Q Edit, even though I
> have an old version on an currently unused hard drive.

QEDIT has never given me any problems, except when editing _VERY_
large files of 300k or so.

> I prefer NE text editor, or even MS Edit.  I experimented

I've tried both of them. NE just didn't seem to suit me, apart
from its limitation on file size, and MS Edit doesn't do wordwrap
or multiple windows, which I consider as essential features.

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