Subj : adhoc origin line feature
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Jan 18 2022 07:29:00

Hello Martin Foster!

** On Tuesday 18.01.22 - 10:52, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> I'm still trying to wrap my head over the adhoc Origin line
 AA>> feature in OXP.  Dunno what to do with it...

 MF> Hmmmmm, I find it quite useful and it's quick and easy to
 MF> use.

I haven't seen you use it very much.   :/

 AA>> And.. the adhoc one is replaced one with the static one
 AA>> if there is a need to re-edit the message body before
 AA>> sending it.

 MF> Yes, that's correct.

That is a bit annoying especially if one has spent time to  
craft something witty and profound but a simple re-edit would  
undo it.


 AA>> What is the designer's/programmer's idea behind the function?

 MF> A basic simple way of changing the pre-defined origin for
 MF> the current message. However, there's plenty of scope for
 MF> improvement in future releases.

But then why not build it so that it extracts predefined text  
(that is known to fit) in that space?

I am just having trouble understanding what exactly the  
designer had in mind to put in there each and every time.


 AA>> How is anyone else using it?

 MF> Ummmmmmmm :)

 MF> -+- OpenXP 5.0.51
 MF>  + Origin: OpenXP-Team (2:310/31.3)

OK, sure..  nice, short and simple. But wouldn't it make better  
sense to craft different versions of it so that you can pick  
them from a drop-down or something?

Case in point.. I thought I'd enter "Que Cera Cera, Comme Se  
Comme Sa, Oobla Dee Oobla Daa" ..but it wouldn't fit.  So, the  
writer wastes time entering something until it does fit - or  
not bother using it at all.

When I entered the shorter version as per below, I noticed a  
spelling mistake in the body of the message.  Going back to fix  
that "undoes" the crafted adhoc one, and I have retype it.

The designer had *something* in mind for its REGULAR use so  
that there were no incidents like re-entering that text.

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  ../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.51
 * Origin: CommeCi, Comme€a, QueSeraSera, OoblaDeeOoblaDaa. (2:221/1.58)

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