Subj : Re: MMXT
To   : KEN HRYNCHUK
From : WILLIAM MCBRINE
Date : Thu Oct 17 2002 06:40 am

This is a very old message I'm replying to, but I don't think I ever saw it 
on Comm Port. I just DLed a bunch of old messages from Fonix and ran across 
it:

-=> KEN HRYNCHUK wrote to WILLIAM MCBRINE <=-

 KH> I'm hoping you'll consider removing (or adding a configuration option
 KH> to disable) the 'Save/Kill Replies' prompt that appears at startup,
 KH> when a .REP is found.

I won't consider removing it -- others wanted it added. I'll consider an
option, but I'm trying not to clutter the MMAIL.RC. ;-)

 KH> Accordingly, I'm in the habit of pressing 'right-arrow, enter' after
 KH> opening the .QWK, which almost lead to another .REP deletion, today.

Yes, well, I suggest you change your habits. :-) Instead of "right-arrow,
enter", try just pressing 'n'. That does the same thing, saves one
keystroke, and has the advantage that it CAN'T be misinterpreted by the
"Save/Kill" dialog, which just sits there if it gets an 'n'. (In fact, this
is exactly why that dialog was changed from "Yes/No", originally, to
"Save/Kill", in version 0.28.)

 KH> Since .REPs can be quickly and easily deleted by pressing 'K' from the
 KH> main screen, anyway, I don't think very many users would consider the
 KH> removal of said prompt to be a hardship.

You'd be surprised. It was a very requested feature, IIRC, even though I
told the requestors what you're telling me now ("just delete them from the
REPLY area"). :-) And actually, there are some advantages to the global
kill. If you open a packet and have replies opened along with it, and then
you go in and start adding new replies before you realize there are old
ones to deal with -- well, which ones are new? Which ones should be
deleted? You might lose track. But if you're prompted as you open the
packet, you're less likely to forget they're there. Plus, of course, if
there's more than one reply, it's easier to kill them all at once.

.... Press any key... no, no, no, NOT THAT ONE!
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