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Hello,

When composing a message, how do I configure The Bat! to:

- disable the "free caret" mode in the MicroEd plain text editor
- enable hard wraps (line breaks) in the Windows plain text editor
- disable the space character at the end of every wrapped line in the Windows plain text editor
- disable the moving of new text to the line above in the MicroEd plain text editor, while keeping automatic wrapping

Thanks for any help!

EDIT: I suppose items 2 and 3 are potentially the same thing.
 
 
 
#2
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Wow! Talk about "can't please all the people".

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- disable the "free caret" mode in the MicroEd plain text editor

It's like "scrape the chocolate off the chocolate biscuit". No - this is a fixed and integral point of what makes the microed the editor it is.

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- enable hard wraps (line breaks) in the Windows plain text editor
- disable the space character at the end of every wrapped line in the Windows plain text editor

But... but... but... the Windows editor was made to do this deliberately to be the antithesis of the MicroEd. This can't be changed.

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- disable the moving of new text to the line above in the MicroEd plain text editor, while keeping automatic wrapping

Aha - one you CAN do. Ctrl-Shift-F - turn auto format off.

Here's my recommendation - solve the last three by using MicroEd with auto-format off and learn to live with and get used to the free-caret. You'll love it! It's a way of life. :)
iviarck
 
 
 
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Here's my recommendation - solve the last three by using MicroEd with auto-format off and learn to live with and get used to the free-caret. You'll love it! It's a way of life.  

I'll second that.
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> Aha - one you CAN do. Ctrl-Shift-F - turn auto format off.

Actually, while this fixes the text moving problem, it breaks the auto wrapping, which I wanted to keep (as mentioned my original post).

*sigh* And I thought these were very elementary features...

Thanks for the replies, though.
 
 
 
#5
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It only "breaks" auto-wrap on insert, so all is not lost nor is it bleak.

I personally use it by toggling auto-format on and off at will.

Also, Alt-L is a good key to keep in the arsenal, to instantly reformat a paragraph on demand.
iviarck
 
 
 
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Thanks, Marck. That makes things a bit easier.
 
 
 
#7
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What I would really like is a "paintbrush" when formatting text.  I spend a lot of time each day changing fonts and font sizes.  A "select and use standard font" button would be a good compromise.

When I reply to emails or forward them with slight text modifications I have to mark the whole text and go to some other font and then re-mark the same text to go to my preferred font.  This I need to do for the font type and font size.  This means many clicks for each email and adds up to many hours per month.

Is there any solution for this?

Thomas
 
 
 
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