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The-Box Edit - Version 1.00
Generally available version
Release date 25 June 1991
Designed and written by Arjen G. Lentz
COPYRIGHT (C) 1990,91; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
A ShareWare project of LENTZ SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT
Langegracht 7B, 3811 BT Amersfoort, The Netherlands
AINEX-RBBS ++31-33-633916 (FidoNet 2:283/512)
Modem speeds upto V.32/HST, continuous mail
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LICENCE & REGISTRATION
This software is classified as ShareWare.
This means that this package may be freely distributed, but only in its
original unmodified archive.
It may not be distributed as part of another software package without prior
written consent of the copyright holder.
Users may test this software for a limited trial-period (2 weeks), after which
time they either have to register or discontinue using it.
To register, transfer $12 (DFL/DM 25, GBP 7) or more to my PostGiro account:
(This can be done from most countries, ask your bank.)
PostGiro account 3973199
A.G. Lentz, Amersfoort
The Netherlands
If that isn't possible, you can also a crossed check to me personally:
(Please add $5 (DFL/DM 5, GBP 3) to cover the currency conversion costs!)
A.G. Lentz
Langegracht 7B
3811 BT Amersfoort
The Netherlands
Clearly state your name, 'TB-EDIT registration', and your node/point address
for personal registration ID which will be sent to you by FidoNet direct
private NetMail.
This ID is valid in general available versions of the software, release as well
as beta. Restricted (beta) versions only function with a special beta key.
By registering ShareWare, you are helping the authors of this type of software
to continue their efforts in providing inexpensive good-quality products with a
wonderful distribution policy. You can't try out WP of Lotus 1-2-3 for free!
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SUPPORT & DISCLAIMER
If this software causes heaps of trouble, I'm very sorry, but don't blame me.
I will attempt to fix any bugs brought to my attention in a reasonable manner.
You can use either NetMail (Arjen Lentz 2:283/512), or one of the The-Box
EchoMail conferences (THE-BOX English international, TB_NL in Holland) if you
are linked into those. Perhaps you can ask for them at your host or backbone?
Any ideas for new useful features would of course also be appreciated.
TB-EDIT will continue to be developed further in the (near) future.
Currently, I am looking at a scheme which will allow you to mark messages in an
area with the list/select msghdrs function, while reading a msg, and with the
pattern scanner. Then you can select to restrict reading functions to only
include the marked messages. While marking is active, the forward and delete
functions would also ask you whether a command concerns only the current msg,
or all marked messages.
An effective method of inter-domain addressing, for FidoNet-style as well as
other networks (USENET, UUCP, etc) is also being looked at.
The more people use and register TB-EDIT, the more interested I will be in
working on it....
Perhaps someone is willing to write decent documentation of TB-EDIT for me?
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GENERAL INFORMATION
- TB-EDIT uses the environment variable MAILER as a base path, or if it doesn't
exist, the current directory.
- At startup, TB-EDIT first looks for the general configuration file TB.CFG as
is also used by The-Box mailer. If this file is not found, TB-EDIT.CFG will
be used instead. The messagearea definitions are contained in AREAS.TB
- The system is DESQview and DoubleDOS aware (shadow screenbuffer).
Set the 'Write directly to the screen' option in DESQview to NO.
- Video fossil will be used if installed, with normal fossil for keyboard.
Otherwise direct video is used, with BIOS calls for cursor and keyboard.
- The mouse is automatically enabled if a mouse driver is detected.
Left button is return, right button is escape, mouse movement behaves just
like the arrow keys (left/up/right/down).
- At startup, you will be put in the same area where you were when exiting.
- The command to can areas for new mail does so in the background.
On the middle of the screen's top line, you can watch its status.
While it is going on, you can do anything you like, change areas, read,
enter, etc. If you go into the DOS shell, nothing bad happens, the scan will
continue when you return to TB-EDIT. Exiting TB-EDIT alltogether is also ok.
So, you'll never again have to wait for more than a minute when scanning!
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ERRORLEVEL EXITS
255 Fatal error
0 Normal exit, no messages were entered/changed
1 Bitflag, Local mail entered/changed
2 Bitflag, NetMail entered/changed
4 Bitflag, EchoMail entered/changed
8 Bitflag, GroupMail entered/changed
The bitflags are combined to provide the final errorlevel.
A GROUPGATE type area would flag both ECHO and GROUP.
For example, when a local msg and a groupgate msg have been entered,
TB-EDIT would exit with errorlevel 13 (1+4+8).
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TB-EDIT.HLP
The first 24 lines are reader help, the next 24 are editor help.
Line wrapping and scrolling are NOT active.
ANSI (VT100) emulation is active in the help window, so you may use some funny
stuff if you feel like it.
A basic helpfile in English is included in the package, but you can of course
add your own macro-keys to the text, do a complete rewrite in another language,
or perhaps give TB-EDIT the WordPerfect keyboard layout.
If you do anything you feel could be interesting to other users, please send me
a copy of the relevant files and I will include it in future releases!
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TB-EDIT.USR
This is a self-maintaining list of users and addresses for netmail messages.
If it doesn't exist, it will not be created, so you have to start with an empty
one, or put something in with a text-editor. A basic TB-EDIT.USR is provided
in the distribution package, which contains only my name and nodenumber.
The format is simply "username,address" on each line, and the username may
contain spaces.
Now the big trick: If you send someone netmail, TB-EDIT remembers.
So the longer you use TB-EDIT, the more addresses it learns!
You could for instance enter 'Len' in the TO NAME field of the message header,
and TB-EDIT will give you a selection-list with all names/addresses containing
that word. You can also use pattern-matching (ie. ?=any char, *=any string).
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