Subject: The editor option

From: zhang jin <zj@s1000e>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 22:52:25 +0900

in the setup and configuration, there is an option of editor. 
i don't know what does this mean? is it the editor that you can edit your 
mail. i have set it to "vi", but it seems not work.

BTW, very happy to find this news group, i like it very much.

cheers,

zhang jin

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:15:40 +0100 (BST)

You didn't bother to mention the exact name of the variable you have set,
but I am guessing it is the "editor" variable?  If so then by reading its
help text (put the cursor on the variable, type "?") you will see that
this has to be manually invoked by typing ^Z in the message text area of
the message you are composing.

If you want this editor to be used automatically instead of Pine's
built-in editor then you must also select the
"enable-alternate-editor-implicitly" feature (in the "feature-list"
variable's list of possible values).

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 09:26:38 +0100 (BST)

My apologies... in my previous message I said the command sequence to
explicitly invoke Pine's "alternate editor" was ^Z.  This is not generally
true; the correct sequence is ^_.

(Here some of our terminals and terminal emulators cannot generate ^_, so
I have to go through the Pine source and change ^_ to ^Z instead (and
disable job control too so it doesn't clash with the keystroke)).

By the way, perhaps Zhang Jin (the original enquirer) could check their
e-mail address?  It's coming through on the messages as "zhang jin
<zj@s1000e>" which is invalid and means replies can't be sent directly to
them.

Cheers,