Subj : Re: qwk and/or points
To   : August Abolins
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Sun Apr 07 2019 09:01 am

-=> August Abolins wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

 AA> The editor might trip you up a bit.  Example:

 AA>    [o] how do you delete a block of text?

 AA> Windows version:
 AA> Hold down the <Shift> key, then mark the block of text by using the
 AA> <Down-arrow> key. Press <Ctrl+K>Y to delete the block.

Sounds like a mashup between the old MS-DOS editor and Wordstar key
bindings.

I've been using ^K commands since 1993 or so - I still use Qedit with
my QWK reader. Those key bindings probably seem alien now.

 AA> Hop on over to the POINTS echo and read about my journey with the oxp
 AA> editor.

I'll check it out.


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