Subj : oxp: glossary?
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Apr 21 2019 01:24:00

Hello Martin!

** 20.04.19 - 10:36, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

MF> Read the second paragraph of "glossary.cfg" again :)

MF> However, what it doesn't say is how to actually use the glossary
MF> function.

MF> Place the cursor at the start of a *blank line* in your message and
MF> press <Alt-G>. Cursor down the list to ">s+<" and press <Enter> and
MF> see what happens.

OMG!   The Alt-G was the revelation.

This feature is SO badly worded in the glossary.cfg.

[1] If the word "*module*" was used in the .cfg, that would have helped,  
because the Help on Glossary uses that term quite extensively, but the  
glossary file does not even mention it once.

[2] Also, the pretext paragraphs in the .cfg file should have said that  
the ">" and "<" were to be used IN THIS FILE:

I was assuming that there was some dynamic feature while editing an actual  
message.  The tie-in to the unmentioned "modules" in glossary.cfg were not  
obvious.

NOW, it is understood.  But I think this function would be a mystery for  
the next noobie.

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Best wishes ...

Works well.  Nice feature. Great for repetative entries.


MF> ... anything placed between the ">" and "<" characters is
MF> interpreted as a comment or to put it another way, it's interpreted as
MF> the title of the snippet.

Maybe even the word "snippet" might be better than "module", IMHO.

For me, a module is a separate entity (as in a separate file).  If the  
glossary is built on defining "snippets", then another better word would  
be "shortcut", or "text section"

The "glossary" feature reminds me of this:

http://www.yourtechtamer.com/blog/2011/08/can-you-create-a-shortcut-to- 
auto-paste-your-email-address-onto-the-clipboard/

But oxp's feature is neater and more flexible (albiet, limited within oxp  
itself).



  ../|ug

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