Subj : Re: AutoSend test
To   : August Abolins
From : Tim Schattkowsky
Date : Sun Nov 14 2021 21:07:16

//Hello August,//

om *14.11.21* at *19:26:00* You wrote in rea *WINPOINT*
to *Martin Foster* 
about *"AutoSend test"*.

 AA> [WinPoint v359.1 Beta 5] CONS

As far as I remember the following issues have been *already adressed*:

 AA> [o] internal editor: ^Y deletes UNDER the current line.
 AA> [o] limited to no extended-ascii support
 AA> [o] does not support incoming areafix lists that are in lowercase
 AA> [o] if you don't specify a domain, WinPoint adds "@" to the end of your AKA
 AA> [o] editor on reply removes <CR>'s on a line by line basis; therefore
 AA> ordered lists/lines/columnar text in incoming messages become reflowed
 AA> paragraphs.
 AA> [o] when message sort order is last "set" by Received date or Sent date
 AA> and newest to oldest, the program will always resort by oldest to newest
 AA> the next time the program is run.
 AA> [o] when message sort order is last "set" by Bytes and largest to
 AA> smallest, the program will always resort by smallest to largest the next
 AA> time the program is run.

These issues are *on my list*:

 AA> [o] some parts of WinPoint remain in German.
 AA> [o] no highlighting on a search match
 AA> [o] cannot place unfinalized reply on hold.
 AA> [o] reply window opens up full screen [*5]
 AA> [o] http:// links not clickable

These items are *by design* and will not be adressed:

 AA> [o] external editor option: no

I *cannot reproduce* (or simply dont understand) these issues:

 AA> [o] when forwarding a post to another echo/area, the Extra/Options/
 AA> Templates for the defined header/footer do not get inserted into the new
 AA> message.
 AA> [o] when replying to a message (echo or netmail) templates
 AA> (headers/footers) do not get applied.
                                                            
And then there are *those issues* ... where after (for some of the code) 25 years my memory is getting in the way:

 AA> [o] received nodelists need manual intervention to \WinpointNL directory

Actually, WP95 was able to do fully automatic processing of incoming nodelist, nodediffs etc. I know it because me and everbody I know was using it for at least a decade. However, nowadays, it seems like the step the decompresses the incoming files into the proper directory is missing. I think I recall that for this, earlier WP versions where having a feature called "automatic unpack jobs" that could be employed to decompress incoming files from file areas to the nodelist directories (where the presence of the files triggered the actual processing). However, it seems to be gone and I have to figure out why.

Another disturbing thing is that Winpoint still has the option to do automated postings to a mailing list (i.e., a list of users). However, the GUI for managing these lists seems to be gone. Will investigate that later.


Regards,
Tim
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