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to: Rod Speed
from: Frank Malcolm
date: 1995-02-22 22:35:08
subject: sot/eot

Hi, Rod.

RS> RS> The fully integrated one has lots of advantages tho. It only checks
RS> RS> the non quoted text for starters. The most fully integrated ones even
RS> RS> keep track of the checker override stuff for a particular message so
RS> RS> if you reedit the same message you dont have to say a second time
RS> RS> that tho a particular word looks wrong, it is what you want to include.

RS> BG> OLX doesn't quite go that far, does it?  I can't remember now.

RS> RS> Yep, does all of that.

RS> FM> Eh? Not here it doesn't. OLX remembers words that you add to the
RS> FM> user dictionary, but if you just want to skip the strange word in
RS> FM> that particular message it doesn't remember that if you go back
RS> FM> and re-edit that message. And it'd be a useful feature too, IMHO.

RS> That is part of the stuff kept in memory. So it has to have the re-edit
RS> in the same OLX session as the original edit. Happens all the time here.

RS> I just tried it again too, a different message with quite a few specials,
RS> mostly names of things and some abbreviations. Ked about 8. Re-edited it
RS> to add a para on the end with a more pungent remark than usual, it never
RS> complained about anything except another special in the new para.

Ah, K. I normally just 'S' the stuff since I don't usually use the same
strange word twice in a message. I just tried K-ing them on a message to
Paul and you're quite right, it gets remembered. I wonder where it keeps
that stuff.

RS> It has some quite clever trick to work out whats been Ked too in a
RS> particular message, it doesnt appear to get thrown by edits up in
RS> the message proper or anything. Never done any careful tests on what
RS> it keeps, its likely just a list of Ked words by particular message.
RS> So the layout stuff doesnt matter a damn.

Yeah, it's clever.

Regards, FIM.

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