Editor issue

2002-05-21 Thread Lone Wolf
Hello fellow Bat! fans. How can I get the Bat! editor to act ~normally~ when I compose a post, or cut & paste, etc.? I mean, why do the scroll bars go; why do cut & pastes reformat, etc. etc. Why can't life be simple? -- Regards, John Phillips Sydney, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTM

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-21 Thread Thomas F
Hello Lone, On Wed, 22 May 2002 15:04:27 +1000 GMT (22/05/02, 12:04 +0700 GMT), Lone Wolf wrote: LW> How can I get the Bat! editor to act ~normally~ when I compose a LW> post, or cut & paste, etc.? What's "normal"? LW> I mean, why do the scroll bars go; They disappear? Sometimes they do that

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread John Phillips
Hello Thomas You wrote On Wed, 22 May 2002, at 13:27:08 [GMT +0700] (16:27:08 Wednesday, 22 May 2002 where I live):- > To make the change (unchecked auto-format) permanent, go to the main > window, choose Options / Editor Preferences and tick/untick to your > heart's content. Thanks. What a

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Lone! On Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 7:04:27 AM you wrote: > How can I get the Bat! editor to act ~normally~ when I compose a post, or cut & > paste, etc.? It does. > I mean, why do the scroll bars go; why do cut & pastes reformat, etc. etc. Because it is still a free caret concept? >

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello John! On Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 9:41:01 AM you wrote: > Thanks. What are "Smart Tabs"? The best way to see it is to enable them and then try to make a table: 12 3 45 6 7 8 0 Try this and be awed. ;-) -- Dierk Haasis http://www.Write4U.de http

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas F [TF] wrote: ... TF> Because you have activated auto-format. Go to Utilities in the TF> editor and uncheck it. Also uncheck auto-wrap in the process. I wouldn't uncheck autowrap. Have you tried that and seen what it does? :-) Yes, uncheck au

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lone Wolf [LW] wrote: ... LW> How can I get the Bat! editor to act ~normally~ when I compose a LW> post, or cut & paste, etc.? Because it isn't a 'normal' editor. :-) It works differently. It's a free caret editor. LW> I mean, why do the scroll bars

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread John Phillips
Hello Allie You wrote On Wed, 22 May 2002, at 06:36:41 [GMT -0500] (21:36:41 Wednesday, 22 May 2002 where I live):- > I'm not saying that TB!'s editor is perfect either, but there's a lot > to it that isn't initially appreciated. Just a short note to thank all who replied - think I am on top

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread Tim Musson
Hey Allie, My MUA believes you used The Bat! (v1.60m) to write the following on Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 7:36:41 AM. ACM> There are also some other very nifty capabilities like column vs ACM> stream vs linear text selection modes, the ability to indent ACM> whole text blocks and paste text in

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tim Musson [TM] wrote: ... TM> How do you switch the text selection modes? Three ways: - - In the editor's status bar, right click the block selection (the space occupied by the word 'stream') and a context menu should appear from where you can sele

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread Thomas F
Hello Allie, On Wed, 22 May 2002 06:22:48 -0500 GMT (22/05/02, 18:22 +0700 GMT), Allie C Martin wrote: ACM> I wouldn't uncheck autowrap. Have you tried that and seen what it ACM> does? :-) Now let's see. Assuming this is a long line, I will just keep writing until I run out of words. And mind

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-22 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas F [TF] wrote: ... TF> Now let's see. Assuming this is a long line, I will just keep TF> writing until I run out of words. And mind you, this takes time. TF> Well, I see the line is pretty long. Let's see how it arrives. TF> You just may have a

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Allie! On Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 1:20:59 AM you wrote: > IOW's, autoformat isn't an option that should be disabled except for > in the most exceptional of circumstances. "Auto-Wrap"?! Not "Auto-Format". -- Dierk Haasis http://www.Write4U.de http://Interest.Write4U.de/pongo PGP key

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dierk Haasis [DH] wrote: ... >> IOW's, autoformat isn't an option that should be disabled except for >> in the most exceptional of circumstances. DH> "Auto-Wrap"?! DH> Not "Auto-Format". Oops, yes. Thanks for that vital correction. :-) - -- -=All

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Evans [RE] wrote: ... DH>> Try this and be awed. ;-) RE> Sorry I don't understand what should I be awed at (or am I just RE> being dim ?) With SmartTab disabled, tabbing will move you 4 characters forward. (TB!'s editor doesn't support true

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Richard Evans
Hi TBUDL, On Wed, 22 May 2002, at 10:16:42 [GMT +0200] you wrote: DH> Hello John! DH> On Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 9:41:01 AM you wrote: >> Thanks. What are "Smart Tabs"? DH> The best way to see it is to enable them and then try to make a table: DH> 12 3 DH> 45 6 DH>

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Geoff Lane
On 23 May 2002, 11:49, Richard Evans wrote: > Sorry I don't understand what should I be awed at (or am I just being > dim ?) ~~~ Smart tabs are wonderful for creating ASCII tables. For example, in this table: COL 1 COL 2 COL 3 = == =

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Dierk Haasis
Hello Richard! On Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 12:49:46 PM you wrote: > Sorry I don't understand what should I be awed at (or am I just being > dim ?) Ok, "awed" may be a hyperbole. It should have shown you how easy it is to create tables and indentation with SmartTabs on. -- Dierk Haasis ht

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Richard Evans
Hi TBUDL, On Thu, 23 May 2002, at 15:12:28 [GMT +0200] you wrote: DH> Ok, "awed" may be a hyperbole I am constantly awed by The Bat and the knowledge of TBUDL 'ers -- Using The Bat! v1.60m on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current Ver: 1.6

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Richard Evans
Hi TBUDL, On Thu, 23 May 2002, at 15:12:28 [GMT +0200] you wrote: DH> It should have shown you how easy it is to create tables and DH> indentation with SmartTabs on. Sorry I still don't understand ! If I type 1 (tab) 2 (tab) 3(return) 4 (tab)5 (tab) 6 return and so on the table is aligned correct

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-23 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Richard, @23 May 2002, 21:10:23 +0100 Richard Evans wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If Smart tabs is checked the 3 is too close to the 2 and the > alignment goes to pot when I hit double figures. Could one of you > please exp

Re: Editor issue

2002-05-24 Thread Tim Musson
Hey Allie, My MUA believes you used The Bat! (v1.60m) to write the following on Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 2:38:59 PM. TM>> How do you switch the text selection modes? ACM> Three ways: Thanks! TM>> Also, how do you "ndent whole text blocks and paste text indented"? ACM> To indent text block

Re: Re: Editor issue

2002-05-24 Thread Richard Evans
-Original Message- From: Marck D Pearlstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Richard Evans on TBUDL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 00:03:18 +0100 Subject: Re: Editor issue Enter a line of headings, spaced like you want them. *Now* use tabs on the *next*