Hello mark!

AA>> Hmm..  W at the Folder level creates a fresh new message.  It would
AA>> make more sense to me if W could be invoked while viewing the Message
AA>> list.

> i've never seen one that does that...

> FWIW: the INSert key may also start a new message... that's a traditional
> key mapping in all of the sysop-side editors i've ever used...

You can bet that I've also never seen so many non-standard editing key  
sequences.  LOL

Even Wordperfect and Wordstar managed to share the same key-combos.

BUT, OXP has so m-a-n-y features.  For a program that  was initially  
released in early 1992, and also being a full-fledged mail and newsreader  
for the Internet - supporting external clients sharing messages using POP3  
/ SMTP (mail) and NNTP (news) protocols.. it's impressive.

If it was as "complete" and apparently bugfree as it appears now, it could  
have been my "user" editor of choice.    But, back then we had other fine  
emerging offline readers/editors to work with too.

INSert key has a special function in oxp.  (I don't know how to pop out of  
this editor and come back to edit the same message - yet, otherwise I  
would tell you exactly what INS does.)

Martin F. wrote a wonderful english user-guide for oxp.  I would refer to  
it more often if it had all the menus and submenus.  The menu structure is  
phenominal - that is, so many levels and features.  Most it, once  
configured, probably never needs to be reviewed again.

From the guide:

Ctl-KC - copy block to cursor position
Ctl-KV - move block to cursor position
Ctl-KY - delete block
Ctl-KW - write block to file
Ctl-KO - ROT13 encrypt block
Ctl-QB - move cursor to beginning of block
Ctl-QK - move cursor to end of block

I like to work with blocks, inserting text, moving paragraphs around, etc.  
I don't think I will ever remember the above.  But the context sensitive  
help invoked with F1 is pretty good.

Regards,
  ../|ug

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