[arachne] Re: replacing arachne editor with own choice

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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:31:51 -0500, Brian C. Murphy wrote:

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> Many thanks to the WIZ and to Greg Mayman for their replies to my query

> as to how I could replace the arachne default email editor with my

> preferred editor with more powers.  Both suggestions involved changes to

> the XEDIT.BAT file.  Both appear to use PEDIT as the default editor.

> It appears both substantially similar suggestions would have worked for

> A171 and up.

> Unfortunately, because of its flawless and intuitive file downloading

> capability, I am using A170 because of my frequent need to download

> files.  Unfortunately, A170 does not use an EXEDIT.BAT file.

Hi Brian,

I searched for EXEDIT.BAT in several distributions, from 1.61, and did
not detect it.
However if a batch file is not there you should create it.

See for more details in the .htm attachment

Regards, Bastiaan


> Neither have I been able to locate either the Arachne name of the A170

> default editor nor the generic name of its original editor, although as

> a wild guess I would think probably also PEDIT.  Nor have I found a BAT

> file similar to EXEDIT.BAT.

> If anyone knows how to replace the default email editor on A170 with

> another editor, I would appreciate having the info.

> BRIAN MURPHY
> BCMURPHYOMPUSERVE.COM

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Title: 'external editor'

How to use and install an 'external editor' in Arachne (1.73)

Pages that are editable have an "External Editor" button at the end of the page.
Eg. try the "compose screen" to make a new e-mail message, hotkey "C".

By pressing "External Editor" you will call "mxedit.dgi". Mxedit.dgi is located in mime.cfg and is probably commented out by a semi-colon ";". Search for the line:
;file/mxedit.dgi |@call xedit.bat textarea.tmp
 Remove the ";" to make mxedit.dgi active.

Mxedit.dgi calls "xedit.bat" in the main Arachne directory and is originaly made to call:
C:\pedit\pedit.exe %1 for the editor "pedit.exe".
Give the full pathname of your own favorite editor, eg.:
C:\DOS\Q-TEXT\Q.EXE %1 (The %1 is the filename to edit)

After you made the changes to mime.cfg and xedit.bat exit Arachne (Alt+X) and start her up again. Now you can use your external editor.

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