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From: Radagast@cup.portal.com (sullivan - segall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: JRComm
Message-ID: <33296@cup.portal.com>
Date: 28 Aug 90 00:30:54 GMT
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>	b) the review buffer doesn't exist, according to Snap.  This is enough
>to put me off the program- the Unix site I call doesn't use rn or anything
>similar; it uses AKCS, which doesn't do quoting (unless you use their abysmal
>editor, and I refuse.  How bad is it?  I'm using VI at the moment...)  I've
>been using VLT and have grown accustomed to snapping text from its buffer for
>quoting.  I gave up on ATalk3 when (among other things) I realized you couldn'
t
>open its buffer without bringing everything else to a stop.  I was happy to
>see the split review option in JR-Comm...but if I can't snap from it, it don't
>do me no good.
>
To get snap to work you will have to use an external font, and a version of
snap that is recent enough to recognize reverse video characters.  ie: set
JrComm to use something other than the built in font; use normal size 
characters, and make sure that your version of snap is up to date.

                           -Sullivan_-_Segall (a.k.a. Radagast)
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