EZQuote 4.0 Frequently Asked Questions Q. Word wrap doesn't work. A. EZQuote has two windows - Quote Mode and Edit Mode. Normal word wrap is enabled in the Edit Mode window. Q. What's the point in having the two windows? It feels awkward to me. A. It lets you select which sections of the original message you want to include in your reply. The other parts just go away when you exit the program, so you don't have to spend time deleting them. In summary, it's faster and easier, and tends to produce more concise, better looking messages, with less excess quoting. You can configure EZQuote to operate in one window, but I would encourage you to give the two-window approach a fair try. Most users get used to it pretty quickly, and never look back. Q. I would like to do that, but the opening screen delay in earlier versions was really long, and I got tired of waiting. Why don't you just do away with the delay? A. The opening screen is there to provide a reminder for users to register. Most of us need some kind of incentive to register shareware. The only effective alternative was to cripple some of EZQuote's features for unregistered users, and I just didn't want to do that. Version 4.0 now has a variable delay which is a good bit shorter, on average, than earlier versions. Q. Why not provide for a 30-day evaluation period during which there is no delay? After that, make the delay as long as you want. A. Because that method is easily defeated by reinstalling the program from the distribution archive every 30 days. If you know an effective way around that problem, I would be happy to use that method. Q. I'm confused. Does EZQuote "quote" the original message? In other words, does it add the writer's initials and the ">" mark to each line of the original message? A. No. That must be done by your message reader software before sending the message to EZQuote. EZQuote then lets you reformat and "quote" sections of that message in your reply. While there is a "Quote" function in EZQuote, it adds only the ">" mark to each line of a block of text, not the initials. EZQuote is a text editor. Q. I'm using the two window configuration, so I basically have no use for the Wrap function in Edit Mode. Is there some way I can assign f3 to some other function in Edit Mode, while leaving it assigned to Wrap in Quote Mode. A. Wrap is a "common-mode" function, which means it operates in both windows and must be invoked by the same key in both. However, you can get where you want to go by using one level of indirection. First, change the key assigned to the Wrap function to some key you would never actually use, like maybe @j, or even a wierd two-key assignment. Then define a Quote Mode macro, assigned to f3, which calls Wrap: macrodef Q Newwrap f3 Wonderwrap This leaves the f3 key available for some other assignment in Edit Mode - either an Edit Mode function or an Edit Mode macro. Q. When I Exit, EZQuote gives me the opportunity to change the filename. While I can just hit enter to confirm the current filename, I would rather not have to do even that. Can I make it just go ahead and Exit? A. Yes. Using the same method as in the previous answer, assign some off-the-wall key to the Exit function, then define a new common-mode macro which confirms the filename automatically: macrodef B Exitnowdammit f7 Exit enter Remember, however, that if you call up EZQuote with no filename on the command line, you will have to use the off-the-wall key to Exit. Q. In your macro examples, I notice that some functions in the sequence begin with uppercase letters, while others do not. Why? A. Functions names, as well as macro names, always begin with an uppercase letter. Keynames do not. So "Up" is a function, while "up" is the name of the cursor-up key. Normally, the "up" key is assigned to invoke the "Up" function, but you can change that. Q. How do you copy a block of text? A. Cut it, then Paste it back before moving the cursor. Then move the cursor to the new location(s) and Paste again, as many times as you like. That also works with the Del-Line and Undel functions. Q. When I re-edit a message I've written, it comes up in the Quote Mode window. I have to Mark the whole thing and Xfer it to Edit Mode before I can edit it. A. Yes, but it might be a bit easier to just Escape into Edit Mode and Reload, or define a macro to do either sequence for you. In either case, you will also need to use the Soft function on the paragraph you want to change so that word wrap will work properly. (The original soft CRs which EZQuote inserted as you typed will have been converted to hard CRLFs.) Q. Why didn't you just enable normal word wrap in Quote Mode? A. Normal word wrap uses a fairly aggressive algorithm which tries to reflow the current line each time a character is inserted, deleted or changed, whether you want it to or not. I wanted one window where absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen, and that's the Quote Mode window. Q. Is there a way to set up a left margin, or "smart" indenting? A. No. Q. My current editor, MonsterEd, does global-search-and- replace, has a 400-operation undo buffer, and will calculate my GPS geodetic coordinates to within 1 meter. Do you plan to add such features to EZQuote over time, so that it gradually becomes bigger and more complex? A. No. EZQuote was intended to be used for composing email messages. It is not a general purpose editor. If you have frequent need for global-search-and-replace when writing messages, then you would probably be happier with another editor. Of course then you wouldn't have WonderWrap. Life is full of choices. Q. EZQuote is so small that at first I wasn't sure I should take it seriously. How did you get so much into such a small package? A. By writing it in assembly language. It would be four to five times larger if I had used a high-level language. Q. My CONFIG.EZQ file, containing my total restructuring of the key assignments and 98 truly amazing macros, was accidentally erased, and I don't have a backup. Can I recreate that file from the information installed in the EZQUOTE.COM file? A. No. Q. Using the startup macro, can EZQuote automatically WonderWrap the entire file, then Exit? A. Yes, provided the file isn't too big. But remember that WonderWrap's aggressive reformatting may destroy the structure of certain kinds of text, such as columnar material and listings. Perhaps you should consider having the macro save both the original and WonderWrapped versions, or append the WonderWrapped version to the original file. Q. Can I still register version 2.0 for $10? A. No. A valid name/number registration key which works for one version will also work for all later versions, so I have no way to register you for just one version. The amount you pay is the current registration fee at the time you register, now $15, which I reserve the right to change in the future. However, once registered, you never have to pay more to use any future version which may be released, even if the price goes up later for new registrants. Q. What about Windows and OS/2 versions? A. I have no current plans for either. George Hug Tulsa, Oklahoma June 15, 1994