Subject: Re: [WinEdt] Email-Mode
From: RS <w.m.l@gmx.net>
Reply-To: <winedt+list@wsg.net>
Date: 06.08.2002 17:17
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On 8/6/2002 7:35 AM, Robert W. K*** wrote:
> <support@winedt.com>
> schrieb am 06.08.2002:
> > Robert W. K*** wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> the WinEdt-Help says:
> >>
> >>     In this context, modes refer to groups of settings; for example,
> >>     you may want to use WinEdt to write your TeX documents as well as
> >>     e-mail messages, HTML and C++
> >>
> >> Is there already a mode for emails - or even better - for
> >> usenet-postings?
> >>
> >> Bye - Robert
> >>
> > 
> > you may be expecting too much here: WinEdt is not designed as an
> > e-mail or usenet posting managing application. 
> 
> No, I do not expect too much here. Perhaps you misunderstood me
> because of my bad English.
> 
> >                                                 You can compose
> > ASCII messages in WinEdt but in the end you need a mailer with
> > support for MAPI or DDE (WinEdt has a send mail command - it
> > assumes the existence of MAPI email program but it can be
> > configured to work with other email clients that support DDE).
> > Sometimes *Copy and Paste* is the easiest way (that's how I compose
> > most of my replies).
> 
> Yes, that should be enough.
> 
> I use _slrn_as an usenet-reader and use within slrn WinEdt to compose
> my messages (slrn then does the rest).
> 
> What I mean with a usenet-mode is that the headers have different
> colors from the text, that WinEdt recognizes the '>' as the
> quoting-prefix and so on.
> 
> Is there already such a mode?

I've uploaded some highlighting for e-mails to:

<http://www.winedt.org/Config/modes/Mail.zip>

Tell me how it works for you, please.

Regards,
Robert.


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