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EZQuote 4.0
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Word wrap doesn't work.
A. EZQuote has two windows - Quote Mode and Edit Mode.
Normal word wrap is enabled in the Edit Mode window.
Q. What's the point in having the two windows? It feels
awkward to me.
A. It lets you select which sections of the original message
you want to include in your reply. The other parts just
go away when you exit the program, so you don't have to
spend time deleting them. In summary, it's faster and
easier, and tends to produce more concise, better looking
messages, with less excess quoting.
You can configure EZQuote to operate in one window, but I
would encourage you to give the two-window approach a
fair try. Most users get used to it pretty quickly, and
never look back.
Q. I would like to do that, but the opening screen delay in
earlier versions was really long, and I got tired of
waiting. Why don't you just do away with the delay?
A. The opening screen is there to provide a reminder for
users to register. Most of us need some kind of
incentive to register shareware. The only effective
alternative was to cripple some of EZQuote's features for
unregistered users, and I just didn't want to do that.
Version 4.0 now has a variable delay which is a good bit
shorter, on average, than earlier versions.
Q. Why not provide for a 30-day evaluation period during
which there is no delay? After that, make the delay as
long as you want.
A. Because that method is easily defeated by reinstalling
the program from the distribution archive every 30 days.
If you know an effective way around that problem, I would
be happy to use that method.
Q. I'm confused. Does EZQuote "quote" the original message?
In other words, does it add the writer's initials and the
">" mark to each line of the original message?
A. No. That must be done by your message reader software
before sending the message to EZQuote. EZQuote then lets
you reformat and "quote" sections of that message in your
reply. While there is a "Quote" function in EZQuote, it
adds only the ">" mark to each line of a block of text,
not the initials. EZQuote is a text editor.
Q. I'm using the two window configuration, so I basically
have no use for the Wrap function in Edit Mode. Is there
some way I can assign f3 to some other function in Edit
Mode, while leaving it assigned to Wrap in Quote Mode.
A. Wrap is a "common-mode" function, which means it operates
in both windows and must be invoked by the same key in
both. However, you can get where you want to go by using
one level of indirection.
First, change the key assigned to the Wrap function to
some key you would never actually use, like maybe @j, or
even a wierd two-key assignment. Then define a Quote
Mode macro, assigned to f3, which calls Wrap:
macrodef Q Newwrap f3
Wonderwrap
This leaves the f3 key available for some other
assignment in Edit Mode - either an Edit Mode function or
an Edit Mode macro.
Q. When I Exit, EZQuote gives me the opportunity to change
the filename. While I can just hit enter to confirm the
current filename, I would rather not have to do even
that. Can I make it just go ahead and Exit?
A. Yes. Using the same method as in the previous answer,
assign some off-the-wall key to the Exit function, then
define a new common-mode macro which confirms the
filename automatically:
macrodef B Exitnowdammit f7
Exit enter
Remember, however, that if you call up EZQuote with no
filename on the command line, you will have to use the
off-the-wall key to Exit.
Q. In your macro examples, I notice that some functions in
the sequence begin with uppercase letters, while others
do not. Why?
A. Functions names, as well as macro names, always begin
with an uppercase letter. Keynames do not. So "Up" is a
function, while "up" is the name of the cursor-up key.
Normally, the "up" key is assigned to invoke the "Up"
function, but you can change that.
Q. How do you copy a block of text?
A. Cut it, then Paste it back before moving the cursor.
Then move the cursor to the new location(s) and Paste
again, as many times as you like. That also works with
the Del-Line and Undel functions.
Q. When I re-edit a message I've written, it comes up in the
Quote Mode window. I have to Mark the whole thing and
Xfer it to Edit Mode before I can edit it.
A. Yes, but it might be a bit easier to just Escape into
Edit Mode and Reload, or define a macro to do either
sequence for you. In either case, you will also need to
use the Soft function on the paragraph you want to change
so that word wrap will work properly. (The original soft
CRs which EZQuote inserted as you typed will have been
converted to hard CRLFs.)
Q. Why didn't you just enable normal word wrap in Quote
Mode?
A. Normal word wrap uses a fairly aggressive algorithm which
tries to reflow the current line each time a character is
inserted, deleted or changed, whether you want it to or
not. I wanted one window where absolutely nothing
happens unless you make it happen, and that's the Quote
Mode window.
Q. Is there a way to set up a left margin, or "smart"
indenting?
A. No.
Q. My current editor, MonsterEd, does global-search-and-
replace, has a 400-operation undo buffer, and will
calculate my GPS geodetic coordinates to within 1 meter.
Do you plan to add such features to EZQuote over time, so
that it gradually becomes bigger and more complex?
A. No. EZQuote was intended to be used for composing email
messages. It is not a general purpose editor. If you
have frequent need for global-search-and-replace when
writing messages, then you would probably be happier with
another editor. Of course then you wouldn't have
WonderWrap. Life is full of choices.
Q. EZQuote is so small that at first I wasn't sure I should
take it seriously. How did you get so much into such a
small package?
A. By writing it in assembly language. It would be four to
five times larger if I had used a high-level language.
Q. My CONFIG.EZQ file, containing my total restructuring of
the key assignments and 98 truly amazing macros, was
accidentally erased, and I don't have a backup. Can I
recreate that file from the information installed in the
EZQUOTE.COM file?
A. No.
Q. Using the startup macro, can EZQuote automatically
WonderWrap the entire file, then Exit?
A. Yes, provided the file isn't too bi