• Winpoint /OXP

    From Martin Foster@2:310/31.3 to August Abolins on Wed Apr 22 15:12:00 2020
    Hello August!

    *** Tuesday 21.04.20 at 09:42, August Abolins wrote to Alan Beck:

    [snip]
    Winpoint is truly a complete package with the many archiver/unarchiver formats integrated in the program.

    Yes but :)

    I once tried adding a packer/unpacker but, from memory, I was unable to
    save the config.

    the message editor seems to have expanded over the whole screen
    overnight. That is odd. It has an "Email" feel to it with a huge
    editor that fills the screen.

    Note that the editor window can be rescaled and made any size you want.

    Yes it can but unfortunately, the window size/position doesn't persist
    across sessions, it always fires up maximized :(

    Winpoint is a fine experience if you like a truly windows gui work environment.

    Agreed.

    Trying OpenXP is still a good idea.
    What is the editor for OpenXP?

    It's built-in.

    The one thing I like about it above all else is that the line length can
    be configured.

    Regards,
    Martin

    --- OpenXP 5.0.43
    * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Alan Beck on Tue Apr 21 09:42:00 2020
    Hello Alan!

    ** On 21.04.20 - 06:32, Alan Beck wrote to all:

    It looks to me that WinPoint, if it behaves is a good thing for me.

    I used it for quite many months. I received wonderful help from this echo for it. See https://kolico.ca/fidonet/echos/points/ and check out the
    CONS section for WinPoint. You may encounter those issues later on.


    OpenXP got me stumped on the compressor/uncompressor, showing me pkzip is
    what is needed.

    You can find older pkunzip. I have unzip 5.52. But you don't need any compressor/uncompressor for OXP if you instruct your boss node to send you uncompressed pkts. Then, you only need to set Edit/Servers/Point/Edit to the following:

    ณ Upload packer <<leave blank>>
    ณ Download unpacker copy $DOWNFILE $PUFFER


    Winpoint is truly a complete package with the many archiver/unarchiver formats integrated in the program.


    the message editor seems to have expanded over the whole screen
    overnight. That is odd. It has an "Email" feel to it with a huge
    editor that fills the screen.

    Note that the editor window can be rescaled and made any size you want. Winpoint is a fine experience if you like a truly windows gui work environment.


    Trying OpenXP is still a good idea.
    What is the editor for OpenXP?

    It's built-in. I would not know how to describe "what" the editor is, but the editing commands borrow from Wordstar and traditional editors.

    It took a little getting used to learning some of the editing commands:

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    บ <F7> and <F8> or with the left mouse click starts บ
    บ and ends marking a text block. บ
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    บ Moving the cursor while <Shift> is pressed marks บ
    บ a text block, too. บ
    บ บ
    บ <Ctrl K><C> : Copy Block to Cursor position บ
    บ <Ctrl K><V> : Move Block to Cursor position บ
    บ <Ctrl K><Y> : Delete Block บ
    บ <Ctrl K><W> : Write Block to File บ
    บ <Ctrl K><R> : Import Block from File บ
    บ <Ctrl K><U> : Import Block from File and UU-encode บ
    บ <Ctrl K><O> : Encode Block Rot13 บ
    บ <Ctrl K><S> : Toggle letter upper/lower case บ
    บ <Ctrl Q><B> : Set Cursor at Block begin บ
    บ <Ctrl Q><K> : Set Cursor at Block end บ
    บ บ
    บ Keys from the number keypad: บ
    บ บ
    บ * Copies marked block to clipboard บ
    บ - Moves marked block to clipboard บ
    บ + Insert clipboard contents at cursor position บ
    บ บ
    บ <Ctrl Ins> Copies marked block to clipboard บ
    บ <Shift Ins> insert Clipboard at cursor position บ
    บ <Shift Del> Moves marked block to clipboard บ
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    ..but that HELP is readily available and all built-in by pressing F1
    during an editing session.



    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.43
    * Origin: ----------Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate.---------- (2:221/1.58)