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Hi John,
On 17 September 2000 at 08:32:16 GMT +0100 (which was 08:32 where I
live) John Rainer wrote and made these points on the subject
of "New user, lotsa questions":
JR> - all I want text to do is to fully word wrap at a fixed number of
JR> characters and to insert a blank line when I hit Return, but the
JR> autoformat and word wrap options still seem to do baffling things!
JR> Messages that are heavily edited seem to require both endless
JR> selection and alt-L keystrokes just to properly wrap.
That is because you have auto-format turned off. Ctrl-Shift-F is the
auto-format toggle key and I use it often. Most of the time I have it
on and edited text is re-flowed as I type.
I hit return /twice/ to start a new paragraph.
I simply hit Ctrl-Shift-F first
To butt lines up closely and not have them re-flowed.
I never need to use Alt-L (or Alt-J in my case) to re-flow my own text
manually unless I have forgotten to toggle auto-format.
JR> I think it is a wonderful program and no doubt there are power
JR> users who find the editor both powerful and useful but I did not
JR> buy it for its editing functions and for me it is a major
JR> irritation.
I hope the above tips help soothe that irritation.
JR> - perhaps the answer would be a configuration switch to use the
JR> Bat editor or for it to operate in the style of, say, Agent.
- From your described problem, I'd say the switch exists and it is the
auto-format toggle. The behaviour you describe is how TB acts when
that option is off.
HTH
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Cheers,
.\\arck
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