On Wed May-04-2016 14:52, Shawn Highfield (1:229/452.1) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 SH> Roger Nelson wrote in a message to Shawn Highfield:

RN> But Edit won't be able to recognize the kludges.  Try google for
RN> something similar that is designed to work in Fidonet.

 SH>   That doesn't matter.  As I am typing this to you from Timed,
 SH> using dos edit.exe as my editor.

The question is why would you want to do that?  Isn't timEd enough?  I want
to understand your reason, but what you are doing below got lost in
translation here.

 SH>   Timed is the Fidonet sysop reader.  When I write a message as I
 SH> am now I use a dos based editor that Timed launches instead of the
 SH> internal timed word processor.  (I'll try calling the editor a word
 SH> processor).

I don't believe anyone would or could confuse timEd with a word processor. 
They are worlds apart.

RN> And don't do it in public.

 SH>   Unless you want strange looks!

RN> I'll answer that another time.  I don't want to get off topic.  (-:

 SH>   Miller Lite again.  (There back on topic)

Guinness here, brewed in Canada.

 SH> ... Honeymoon - the morning after the knot before.

Then always bring a bottle of aspirin and a glass of water to bed with you,
just in case.


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ Windows 10