Subj : to pull the door to against
To   : August Abolins
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Fri Dec 27 2019 10:33:42

Hi, August Abolins! - >Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 26.12.2019 22:43

 AA> For a read consistent with the season, try Dicken's A Christmas
 AA> Carol. There are few archaic language samples in that one!

"The Great Gatsby" was presented me as a paper book. I like English paper books 
very much because I can do my notes on pages. When I complete reading I peruse 
all the notes and refresh in memory those words that were new or unclear when I 
read the book. It is a more effective way to learn words.

 AA> BTW.. I am liking your Reformator program very much! I think I got
 AA> the right routine of copy-paste-quote-copy-paste that works for me.
 AA> I like the way it skips quoting the citing section.

I also want to clarify some formatting options. If you do just "format" it 
means that both quoted and not-quoted text will be wrapped - the lines will be 
chopped by "line length".

If you make "unformat not-quoted text only" the quoted paragraphs will be 
formatted, but the simple text paragraphs become in the form of one long line 
-- the form that looks well on the screens of any size. That's why we rather 
should not format "our simple text" while writing messages to the Fidonet. Now 
many people write messages to the Fidonet using small gadgets with narrow 
screens (like smart phones). We should think of them.

After completing your message it is a good idea to select all the text (except 
the title) and make "unformat not-quoted text only".

Usually, when you read messages, standard Fidonet software unformat the 
paragraphs with quotation by itself, so they look well at the screens of any 
size. But simple text in the form of chopped lines will look badly on small 
size gadgets.


PS: But nobody demands to write here in a super perfect way! ;-))

Bye, August!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2019

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