Hello August!
*** Monday 17.01.22 at 10:19, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:
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AA> I'm still trying to wrap my head over the adhoc Origin line
AA> feature in OXP. Dunno what to do with it. I thought it would
AA> be better if it could access an associated text file and paste
AA> things akin to a tagline in there, or drop something
AA> preconfigured in a random way. But as it sits right now, its
AA> usefulness seems wanting.
Hmmmmm, I find it quite useful and it's quick and easy to use.
AA> It is critical to know in advance how many chars the line can
AA> support including the space occupied by the node number.
Yes, it is.
AA> And.. the adhoc one is replaced one with the static one if
AA> there is a need to re-edit the message body before sending it.
Yes, that's correct.
AA> What is the designer's/programmer's idea behind the function?
A basic simple way of changing the pre-defined origin for the current message.
However, there's plenty of scope for improvement in future
releases.
AA> How is anyone else using it?
Ummmmmmmm :)
Regards,
Martin
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* Origin: OpenXP-Team (2:310/31.3)
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