Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Feature addition idea
Message-ID: <2471@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 16 Dec 88 20:34:34 GMT
References: <1094@raspail.UUCP> <51900010@mcdurb> <2454@ficc.uu.net> <4408@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
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I suggested letting the user edit the menus directly...
> +Put all the headers in, let them edit their
> +message, then read them all back and delete the ones the user leaves empty.

In article <4408@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>, rob@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Rob Bernardo) writes:
> That solution as is would go against the grain of ELM's philosophy of 
> being user friendly for both sophisticated *and* unsophisticated 
> users.  

Well, let me say this about that...

	(1) There *is* an expert mode switch.
	(2) VNEWS does this right now, without confusing people.
	(3) The headers menu is unfriendly for sophisticated users.

Alternatives...

	(1) As above, let the user edit the headers at will.
	(2) Like (1), but make it an option in expert mode.
	(3) Fix the headers menu... arbitrary strings, let the user
	    select header items with cursor keys, etc...
	(4) Let the user specify an external preparation program,
	    which does like (1). The default would act like the
	    current one: splits the headers out and provides a seperate
	    editing menu. Then I could specify "/bin/vi".
	(5) Do (4), and also do (3).

Well, part 22 just made it here. Time to build me a new Ellum.
-- 
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