Subj : dedicated fido app for this
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Jan 12 2021 09:22:00

Hello Charles!

** On Tuesday 12.01.21 - 07:59, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

 CP> There are custom Telegram apps out there. Perhaps ine does
 CP> that already.

I forgot about the other "alternates" out there.  Perhaps there  
is one that has a re-orientate feature.  Or.. like I said,  
perhaps someone using their app can chime in and let us know if  
their version does that.


 AA>> The app could also feature addons for taglines and other
 AA>> features..

 CP> Maybe some of those custom bots could do that?

Ah yes!  I forgot about the bots option.  But I think they only  
operate before and after the posts/editing, not during.

But maybe a bot can be triggered with custom in-line commands.

Eg. To add a random tagline use "--tt:r--" for a [r]andom one  
from a user-defined or global database, or use the phone's  
shortcuts to grab one from a file?

There are probably several possibilities.

Every time I type "bb" on my Blackberry, the system expands it  
to "Blackberry".  I haven't found out *where* I can configure  
that or add new ones.  :(


 AA>> Traditional inter-message quoting could still be a
 AA>> challenge..

 CP> I agree the quoting system leaves something to be desired.
 CP> Although I'm not sure what you mean about BBS Users not
 CP> cleaning up their quoting. With Mystic, at least, I have to
 CP> select the lines that I'm quoting as I go.

I have seen more and more users avoiding the inner-quoting for  
messages like this.  A new/young generation coming into this  
echomail world probably wouldn't care anyway. Some things simply  
need to be abandoned - perhaps.  With the msgid/replyid in play,  
exhausting re-editing of messages for the sake of replies is  
technically not required anyway.


 CP> Now with HotdogEd, quotes could get messy...

I've seen that.  :(

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