Subj : Winpoint /OXP
To   : Alan Beck
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Apr 21 2020 09:42:00

Hello Alan!

** On 21.04.20 - 06:32, Alan Beck wrote to all:

 AB>It looks to me that WinPoint, if it behaves is a good thing for me.

I used it for quite many months.  I received wonderful help from this echo  
for it.  See https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/ and check out the  
CONS section for WinPoint. You may encounter those issues later on.


 AB>OpenXP got me stumped on the compressor/uncompressor, showing me pkzip is
 AB>what is needed.

You can find older pkunzip.  I have unzip 5.52.  But you don't need any  
compressor/uncompressor for OXP if you instruct your boss node to send you  
uncompressed pkts.  Then, you only need to set  Edit/Servers/Point/Edit to  
the following:

Г  Upload packer       <<leave blank>>
Г  Download unpacker   copy $DOWNFILE $PUFFER


Winpoint is truly a complete package with the many archiver/unarchiver  
formats integrated in the program.


 AB>the message editor seems to have expanded over the whole screen
 AB>overnight. That is odd. It has an "Email" feel to it with a huge
 AB>editor that fills the screen.

Note that the editor window can be rescaled and made any size you want.   
Winpoint is a fine experience if you like a truly windows gui work  
environment.


 AB>Trying OpenXP is still a good idea.
 AB>What is the editor for OpenXP?

It's built-in.  I would not know how to describe "what" the editor is, but  
the editing commands borrow from Wordstar and traditional editors.

It took a little getting used to learning some of the editing commands:

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К                                                        К
К   <F7> and <F8> or with the left mouse click starts    К
К   and ends marking a text block.                       К
К                                                        К
К   Moving the cursor while <Shift> is pressed marks     К
К   a text block, too.                                   К
К                                                        К
К  <Ctrl K><C> : Copy Block to Cursor position           К
К  <Ctrl K><V> : Move Block to Cursor position           К
К  <Ctrl K><Y> : Delete Block                            К
К  <Ctrl K><W> : Write Block to File                     К
К  <Ctrl K><R> : Import Block from File                  К
К  <Ctrl K><U> : Import Block from File and UU-encode    К
К  <Ctrl K><O> : Encode Block Rot13                      К
К  <Ctrl K><S> : Toggle letter upper/lower case          К
К  <Ctrl Q><B> : Set Cursor at Block begin               К
К  <Ctrl Q><K> : Set Cursor at Block end                 К
К                                                        К
К  Keys from the number keypad:                          К
К                                                        К
К  *  Copies marked block to clipboard                   К
К  -  Moves marked block to clipboard                    К
К  +  Insert clipboard contents at cursor position       К
К                                                        К
К  <Ctrl Ins>   Copies marked block to clipboard         К
К  <Shift Ins>  insert Clipboard at cursor position      К
К  <Shift Del>  Moves marked block to clipboard          К
К                                                        К
К  The clipboard is independent of other block           К
К  operations. Under Windows, XP will use the Windows    К
К  clipboard.                                            К
К                                                        К
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...but that HELP is readily available and all built-in by pressing F1  
during an editing session.



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