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Hello August!

*** Wednesday 09.03.22 at 1:07:00, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

With two /'s, the italics fails in OpenXP as well as in Thunderbird.

I can't really comment about Thunderbird but AFAIK, OpenXP doesn't
support italic text.

wrt OpenXP, true enough.

It doesn't support underlined either.

I thought there was a colour setting in config/display when rendering italic.

If there is, I can't find it.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

wrt OpenXP, true enough.

It doesn't support underlined either.

_underline_ DOES get represented by changing colour here!

I thought there was a colour setting in config/display when rendering
italic.

If there is, I can't find it.

Maybe the program just uses the "highlight" setting for those.
That's good enough for me.

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--- OpenXP 5.0.51
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Hello August!

*** Thursday 10.03.22 at 14:07:00, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

wrt OpenXP, true enough.

It doesn't support underlined either.

underline DOES get represented by changing colour here!

Yes and that's exactly what happens here but it doesn't alter the fact that it isn't rendered in the way in which it was intended to be rendered.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** On Friday 11.03.22 - 09:15, you wrote to me:

It doesn't support underlined either.

underline DOES get represented by changing colour here!

Yes and that's exactly what happens here but it doesn't
alter the fact that it isn't rendered in the way in which
it was intended to be rendered.

It is rendered as best as possible within the scope of the tech
that it operates in - the console-kinda-way. That means, the
markup is respected. Good enough for me! :D Let's not have
that changed. ;)
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--- OpenXP 5.0.51
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Hello Martin!

** On Friday 11.03.22 - 09:15, you wrote:

It doesn't support underlined either.

underline DOES get represented by changing colour here!

Yes and that's exactly what happens here but it doesn't alter the fact that it isn't rendered in the way in which it was intended to be
rendered.

Here is what I was looking for:

ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
º º
º It is common practice to emphasise words by enclosing º
º them in *asterisks* or _underlines_. This switch º
º causes OpenXP to take words enclosed by these º
º characters and display them in a different colour, º
º which can be set in /Config/Display/Colors/Lister. º
º º
º [x] Emphasise these words in a different º
º colour. º
º º
º [ ] Do not emphasise by colour. º
º º
º You can toggle this setting at any time (if you want º
º to take off the rose coloured spectacles) by pressing º
º the C key (for Colour). º

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--- OpenXP 5.0.51
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Hello August!

*** Monday 14.03.22 at 22:09, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

It doesn't support underlined either.

underline DOES get represented by changing colour here!

Yes and that's exactly what happens here but it doesn't alter the fact
that it isn't rendered in the way in which it was intended to be
rendered.

Here is what I was looking for:

ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
º º
º It is common practice to emphasise words by enclosing º
º them in *asterisks* or _underlines_. This switch º
º causes OpenXP to take words enclosed by these º
º characters and display them in a different colour, º
º which can be set in /Config/Display/Colors/Lister. º
º º
º [x] Emphasise these words in a different º
º colour. º
º º
º [ ] Do not emphasise by colour. º
º º
º You can toggle this setting at any time (if you want º
º to take off the rose coloured spectacles) by pressing º
º the C key (for Colour). º

Ah yes, good find :)

That would be the help topic for this:

Config -> Options -> Message Reader
-----------------------------------
+- Internal message reader options ------------+
| |
| [x] Full screen |
| [x] Display clock |
| [x] Line break in column 80 |
| [x] Show reference arrows |
| [ ] Fixed message header display |
| |
| [ ] Convert German ISO Umlauts |
| [x] Use UTF-8 |
| [x] *Highlight* words by colour <<---------
| [ ] Multi-coloured quotes |
| |
| [ ] Mouse scroll bar |
| [x] AutoScrolling |
| |
| [ ] Exit message reader with <Return> |
| |
| Viewer for URLs explorer | +----------------------------------------------+

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.51
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello August!

*** Wednesday 16.03.22 at 13:07, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

[snip]

Config -> Options -> Message Reader
-----------------------------------
+- Internal message reader options ------------+
| |
| [x] Full screen |
| [x] Display clock |
| [x] Line break in column 80 |
| [x] Show reference arrows |
| [ ] Fixed message header display |
| |
| [ ] Convert German ISO Umlauts |
| [x] Use UTF-8 |
| [x] *Highlight* words by colour <<---------
| [ ] Multi-coloured quotes |
| |
| [ ] Mouse scroll bar |
| [x] AutoScrolling |
| |
| [ ] Exit message reader with <Return> |
| |
| Viewer for URLs explorer | +----------------------------------------------+

Hmmmm, just spotted something which I've never noticed before:

As you can see, I have "Line break in column 80" enabled but it doesn't
seem to work on my display. I have the number of columns set to 100 in my OpenXP config but lines don't wrap at column 80, they wrap at the window edge(column 100).

Can you reproduce this?

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.51
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** On Wednesday 16.03.22 - 13:50, you wrote to me:

Config -> Options -> Message Reader
-----------------------------------
+- Internal message reader options ------------+
| |
| [x] Full screen |
| [x] Display clock |
| [x] Line break in column 80 |
| [x] Show reference arrows |
| [ ] Fixed message header display |
| |
| [ ] Convert German ISO Umlauts |
| [x] Use UTF-8 |
| [x] *Highlight* words by colour <<---------
| [ ] Multi-coloured quotes |
| |
| [ ] Mouse scroll bar |
| [x] AutoScrolling |
| |
| [ ] Exit message reader with <Return> |
| |
| Viewer for URLs explorer |
+----------------------------------------------+

Hmmmm, just spotted something which I've never noticed before:

As you can see, I have "Line break in column 80" enabled but it doesn't seem to work on my display. I have the number of columns set to 100 in my OpenXP config but lines don't wrap at column 80, they wrap at the window edge(column 100).

Can you reproduce this?

This is my setting:

ÚÄ Internal message reader options ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ ³
³ [x] Full screen ³
³ [x] Display clock ³
³ [x] Line break in column 80 ³
³ [x] Show reference arrows ³
³ [x] Fixed message header display ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Convert German ISO Umlauts ³
³ [x] Use UTF-8 ³
³ [x] *Highlight* words by colour ³
³ [x] Multi-coloured quotes ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Mouse scroll bar ³
³ [x] AutoScrolling ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Exit message reader with <Return> ³
³ ³
³ Viewer for URLs firefox ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ

I don't think the line break to in column 80 works! I'll get
messages that apparently don't have and soft-CRs in the message
body and they continue to the full width of my OpenXP display
window which is 100 as well.

Lemme review a few older messages..

[play the Jeopardy "thinking" tune]

Nope. The messages still appear full width:

https://susepaste.org/42619945

Is that what you mean?


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--- OpenXP 5.0.51
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Hello August!

*** Wednesday 16.03.22 at 19:24, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

Config -> Options -> Message Reader
-----------------------------------
+- Internal message reader options ------------+
| |
| [x] Full screen |
| [x] Display clock |
| [x] Line break in column 80 |
| [x] Show reference arrows |
| [ ] Fixed message header display |
| |
| [ ] Convert German ISO Umlauts |
| [x] Use UTF-8 |
| [x] *Highlight* words by colour <<---------
| [ ] Multi-coloured quotes |
| |
| [ ] Mouse scroll bar |
| [x] AutoScrolling |
| |
| [ ] Exit message reader with <Return> |
| |
| Viewer for URLs explorer |
+----------------------------------------------+

Hmmmm, just spotted something which I've never noticed before:

As you can see, I have "Line break in column 80" enabled but it doesn't
seem to work on my display. I have the number of columns set to 100 in
my OpenXP config but lines don't wrap at column 80, they wrap at the
window edge(column 100).

Can you reproduce this?

This is my setting:

ÚÄ Internal message reader options ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ ³
³ [x] Full screen ³
³ [x] Display clock ³
³ [x] Line break in column 80 ³
³ [x] Show reference arrows ³
³ [x] Fixed message header display ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Convert German ISO Umlauts ³
³ [x] Use UTF-8 ³
³ [x] *Highlight* words by colour ³
³ [x] Multi-coloured quotes ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Mouse scroll bar ³
³ [x] AutoScrolling ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Exit message reader with <Return> ³
³ ³
³ Viewer for URLs firefox ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ

I don't think the line break to in column 80 works! I'll get
messages that apparently don't have and soft-CRs in the message
body and they continue to the full width of my OpenXP display
window which is 100 as well.

Lemme review a few older messages..

[play the Jeopardy "thinking" tune]

Nope. The messages still appear full width:

https://susepaste.org/42619945

Is that what you mean?

Yes, that's exactly what I mean and thanks for confirming it.

See my netmail also.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.51
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