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:
ษออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออป
บ บ
บ <F7> and <F8> or with the left mouse click starts บ
บ and ends marking a text block. บ
บ บ
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
บ บ
บ The clipboard is independent of other block บ
บ operations. Under Windows, XP will use the Windows บ
บ clipboard. บ
บ บ ศออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออผ
..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)