Hi Wolf,

-=> on 11-29-05 02:33, WOLF SZCZYPIORKOWSKI wrote to IAN HOARE <=-
 WS> # Editor for replies = $EDITOR; or if not defined, start /w notepad
 WS> editor: C:\Windows\Command\pedit.exe

 IH> Looks simple enough. I wonder why it won't work with Textedit
 IH> which is a fully DDE compliant windows program.

 WS>  Okay, maybe try and put the executable into the Windows directory or
 WS>  another directory with no spaces in the path. May or may not help,
 WS>  but it might be worth a try if you really want to use that particular
 WS>  editor.  It might work with a shorter path where no quotations are
 WS>  needed.

Okay - as I said to Charles, I'm in mid redecoration, so I don't have a lot of
time to play, but I'll try and see if I can persuade a second instance of
Textedit to work.

 WS>  In DOS, the file names are also limited to 8 characters.  Thus the
 WS>  8.3 filename convention.  So, if I remember correctly, you would
 WS>  have: "C:\PROGRA~1\TEXTPA~1\textpad.exe" as the DOS path
& filename
 WS>  for your editor defined in mmail.rc (without the quotes).

Tried that - sort of.


All the Best
Ian
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