Subj : Thunderbird
To   : Holger Granholm
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Sun Jul 24 2016 09:37:22

Hi! Holger,

On 07/22/2016 09:20 AM, you wrote:

 HG> Now I could follow your recipe to import a text, into the e-mail I was
 HG> creating, and I finally succeeded.

I need to make you aware of one thing about that method.  That function is 
actually expecting to see a previously saved formatted email.  The way it 
presents standard text files is a wonderful side-effect.  Caveat emptor.

In two tests I performed, there were some weird results.  One text capture of a 
Fidonet message actually formatted correctly for the 'From:' addressee, with 
its own display field.  In another test, there was an imbedded control 
character that caused the remaining text in the file to _not_ be displayed.

 HG> But oh how cumbersome, compared to doing it either with the shorthand
 HG> commands I have in my spine, or with the aid of the editors menu bar,
 HG> or copying (cutting) text from one window to the other.

Well, to my way of thinking the work is pretty much the same as for each.  On 
the one hand, reading in the whole text file requires trimming off excess text 
above & below the required to-be-quoted section.  On the other, the text file 
is loaded into a separate window and the required to-be-quoted section is 
selected & pasted.

Six, one way; a half-dozen, going back.  Same distance.  :)

Cheers,
Paul.

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