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Editor command mask
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You should enter a command line of the form
[drive:][\path\]filename.ext [params]
where [params] represents any set of parameters which you want
to pass to your editor when it is called.
[params] may include a % character indicating the point where
the name of the file to be edited is to be inserted when the
mask is used.
If % is omitted, the name of the file, preceded by a space
character, is simply appended to the string that you supply.
If your editor will accept more than one file name parameter at
the command line then you can optionally include a second %
character in [params]. This causes message replies to be handled
in a special way:
When you reply to a message received, Power-QWK assembles a reply
file for you to edit containing the message to which you are
replying and optionally including the contents of an 'imported'
file. The name of this reply file is then passed to your editor
program so that you can compose your reply.
If you place two % characters in the Editor Command Line then
Power-QWK will replace the first with the name of an empty file
and the second with the name of the file containing the original
message plus any imported file.
Note that the two % characters must be separated by at least one
space character as otherwise the two file names will run together
forming a long meaningless string of characters.
When you finish editing and control returns to Power-QWK, the
FIRST file is treated as the reply file and the other file is
deleted.
Usually, unless you want to use the 'two names' option, [params]
can be omitted.
e.g., something like
C:\UTILS\MYEDITOR.EXE
will usually suffice.
Examples:
C:\MYDIR\MYEDITOR.EXE
F:\MYDIR\1FILE_ED.COM %
C:\MYDIR\2FILE_ED.BAT % %