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From: kamphau@oktext.sbc.com (Mark Kamphaus)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: wordperfect as editor
Keywords: editor
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Date: 4 Sep 90 17:32:05 GMT
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In article <524@oss670.UUCP> tkevans@oss670.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes:
>In <288@fdls.odag.or.gov> jeff@fdls.odag.or.gov (Jeff Hyatt) writes:
>
>>Has anyone used WordPerfect as an editor for elm?  If so, would you let me
>>know about your successes and/or failures.  I would like users to be able to
>>draft e-mail with a minimum of fuss.
>
>One of the great things about 'elm' is that you can use any editor you
>have on your system to compose messages.  

Even though WordPerfect can be used, doesn't its embedding of
control characters in the text cause havok with sending files
in the WordPerfect format? To the receipiant?


If it works and can send readable WordPerfect formatted files, please
let me know. Otherwise, the workaround of generating a standard
(ascii) text output and '<' the file to elm can be used.