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echo: golded
to: RICK SMITH
from: KAI RICHTER
date: 2020-04-30 17:49:00
subject: Formatting ?

Hello Rick!

29 Apr 20, Rick Smith wrote to All:

 RS> for instance in the "to" field it was 'ALL#######################'
 RS> until I push enter then the ## disapear

 RS> Is this weird or normal?

Depends on your terminal type and your charset settings.

It's the normal way to indicate an empty fillable field and should remind how
many space is left.

My golded shows boxed frames for available space. Maybe you know midnight
commander that can show continuous menu frames or seperated frame simulation
with

+-------+
| Boxes |
+-------+

Regards

Kai

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