Re: Eudora Settings
Re: Eudora Settings
- Subject: Re: Eudora Settings
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:25:15 -0400
On 04/10/2003 16:43, "John Delacour" <email@hidden> wrote:
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There are currently NINE HUNDRED AND TWELVE published Eudora settings
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in "x-eudora-settings.txt", each accompanied by a (generally) clear
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explanation of what it does, what values are permitted and the
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default value.
And no valid excuse for them not being easily accessible via the UI, or the
dictionary. No excuse for that file not being a default part of the help
system, clearly marked as such. No excuse for it being a separate download.
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2.
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In addition to these there are other settings which are not meant to
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be tampered with but which an expert can set at his peril.
And this is *good*?
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To query the settings list for any string or regular expression it
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suffices to press a button on the Eudora toolbar, enter the search
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pattern and get a list of settings whose description contain the
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pattern.
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<interval> I wonder if you were aware of 1, 2, 3 </interval>
Oops, I only have a stock download of Eudora, so that won't work.
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No other application in existence permits the user to configure so
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many different preferences and until one knows Eudora very well one
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is unaware of the limitless configurability of the application.
It is absolutely limited without far too many steps. It is ridiculous that
these are not in the dictionary. It is silly that your *easy example* to
grep search requires a separate file, and 30+ lines of script in two
languages IN ADDDITION TO the Applescript dictionary.
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If but one tenth of those 912 settings were to be brought into the
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aete and given meaningful human language pointers, as Welch has
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suggested, the dictionary would be already a mnemonic disaster.
It couldn't suck any worse. And quite honestly, that dictionary is in more
need of a redesign than Michael Jackson's nose.
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6. Applications such as Mail.app and Entourage are contain within the
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dictionary all possible scriptable elements and are able to do so
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(albeit already horribly) I invite anyone who really thinks Eudora's
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dictionary needs to be revised to incorporate all configurable
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settings to send me a list of the human language equivalents for all
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912 published Eudora settings and I will write a program to allow
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users to configure Eudora in human language. Here's an example to
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start you off:
I advise you to send me a consulting check. I don't work for free. And
that's not the point. Hidden 'secret squirrel' codes are bad ui, and keep
people from wanting to script Eudora. I don't mean beginners either...I mean
people like Paul, who are FAR better scripters than I ever shall be.
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7. I think you may be beginning to see what I mean, but I recommend
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you and other snipers have a look at x-eudora-settings and see what
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is possible in Eudora before you tell us what ought to be possible.
If it requires uber-secret codes, then why bother.
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<x-eudora-setting:7813> Put in the To: field if a message has only Bcc:'s.
Put in UI under addressing settings.
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<x-eudora-setting:326> Eudora allows you to drop nicknames onto
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nickname groups in the address book, adding the dropped nickname to
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the group.
Wow...just like e'rage does now...which is the expected behavior in the land
of drag & drop. Why does this even need a setting? Why would you NOT want
this to be the decault.
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<x-eudora-setting:12> Last time (in seconds) Eudora scanned your
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maildrop to see if it should do deletions.
This is an account setting, and should be in that part of the settings UI.
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<x-eudora-setting:7> Eudora will word-wrap outgoing messages.
Composition UI setting.
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<x-eudora-setting:234> Eudora will scan for <esc>$ and send the text
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as iso-jp-2022.
Composition UI setting.
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<x-eudora-setting:267> Eudora treats reply-to with special semantics.
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When unchecked, Reply-To is just a replacement for From:.
This should be the default setting, or in the reply settings UI.
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<x-eudora-setting:297> Eudora will maintain a history of recently clicked
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URLs.
Just like a web browser.
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<x-eudora-setting:7314> Eudora will make the backgrounds of windows this
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color.
General Program display setting, or composition setting.
Obviously Qualcomm needs to spend a little more time on UI design and less
time on inane release notes.
john
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"Death waits in the dark."
US Army Task Force 160 "Night Stalkers"
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