Greetings All!

OpenXP 5.0.42 has been released and is available for download from the following URLs .....

https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/

https://openxp.uk/

OpenXP is a fully integrated FidoNet Point system, email client and
newsgroup client for the Windows/Linux console.

Windows version is available as a 32-Bit ZIP package.

Linux version is available as a 32-Bit ZIP or RPM package and as a
64-Bit ZIP or RPM package.

Pascal source code packages are also available for download.

A complete list of changes is documented here: https://openxp.uk/doc/changes.txt

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** 28.12.19 - 12:57, Martin Foster wrote to All:

OpenXP 5.0.42 has been released and is available for download..

[snip]

A complete list of changes is documented here:
https://openxp.uk/doc/changes.txt

The changes.txt mentions:

OpenXP 5.0.42 - 2019-12-28

Bugs fixed:

- Turning off text highlighting did not work if message reader was
in UTF-8 mode


I have configured 5.0.40 (Win) to use UTF-8 and toggling highlighting
seems to work OK. Could that have been just a linux-version thing?



../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.40
* Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)

Hello August!

* 28.12.19 at 20:12, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

OpenXP 5.0.42 has been released and is available for download..

[snip]

A complete list of changes is documented here:
https://openxp.uk/doc/changes.txt

The changes.txt mentions:

OpenXP 5.0.42 - 2019-12-28

Bugs fixed:

- Turning off text highlighting did not work if message reader
was in UTF-8 mode

I have configured 5.0.40 (Win) to use UTF-8 and toggling highlighting seems to work OK. Could that have been just a linux-version thing?

I've passed your question on to the developer, stay toooned :)

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** 29.12.19 - 09:15, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

Bugs fixed:

- Turning off text highlighting did not work if message reader
was in UTF-8 mode

I have configured 5.0.40 (Win) to use UTF-8 and toggling highlighting
seems to work OK. Could that have been just a linux-version thing?

I've passed your question on to the developer, stay toooned :)

OR, maybe I am not observing the behaviour correctly? I haven't really needed to use the highlighting other than the automatic way it highlights messages addressed to me.

But I can toggle highlight on other messages and the changes seem to
"stick" just fine. Not sure if the toggle is retained between sessions. Will have to try that.

[...]

Yep. No problem.

This is my UTF-8 setting:

ÚÄ Internal message reader options ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ ³
³ [x] Full screen ³
³ [x] Display clock ³
³ [x] Line break in column 80 ³
³ [x] Show reference arrows ³
³ [x] Fixed message header display ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Convert German ISO Umlauts ³
³ [x] Use UTF-8 ³
³ [x] *Highlight* words by colour ³
³ [x] Multi-coloured quotes ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Mouse scroll bar ³
³ [x] AutoScrolling ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Exit message reader with <Return> ³


Is this the only place to enable UTF-8 ?

Or, did I miss something?




../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.40
* Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)

Hello Martin!

** 28.12.19 - 12:57, Martin Foster wrote to All:

Greetings All!

OpenXP 5.0.42 has been released and is available for download from the
following URLs .....

https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/
https://openxp.uk/

This one is coming back at you from 5.0.42. Yay!

Thanks!

It should have the correct TZUTC, which is probably what propelled this version upgrade.


../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)

Hello August!

* 29.12.19 at 21:35, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

OpenXP 5.0.42 has been released and is available for download from the
following URLs .....

https://sourceforge.net/projects/openxp5/
https://openxp.uk/

This one is coming back at you from 5.0.42. Yay!

You like? :-))

Thanks!

You're welcome :)

It should have the correct TZUTC, which is probably what propelled this version upgrade.

---------- 8< ----------
EMP: /RICSI/POINTS
ABS: August Abolins@2:221/1.58
BET: OpenXP 5.0.42 released
ROT: 2:310/31!221/1 280/464 310/31
MID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet dfe1113b
EDA: 20191230023500W-5
LEN: 522
BEZ: 2:310/31.3@fidonet dfda6ed9
MAILER: OpenXP/5.0.42 (Win32) / OpenXP 5.0.42
X_C:
X-XP-NTP: 30
F-TO: Martin Foster
X-XP-Charset: US-ASCII
---------- 8< ----------

Note the "W-5" in the EDA kludge.
I'm assuming this is correct?

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello August!

* 29.12.19 at 10:22, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

Bugs fixed:

- Turning off text highlighting did not work if message reader
was in UTF-8 mode

I have configured 5.0.40 (Win) to use UTF-8 and toggling highlighting
seems to work OK. Could that have been just a linux-version thing?

I've passed your question on to the developer, stay toooned :)

OR, maybe I am not observing the behaviour correctly?

But all this is actually irrelevant as we're now on 5.0.42

[snip]

This is my UTF-8 setting:

ÚÄ Internal message reader options ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ ³
³ [x] Full screen ³
³ [x] Display clock ³
³ [x] Line break in column 80 ³
³ [x] Show reference arrows ³
³ [x] Fixed message header display ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Convert German ISO Umlauts ³
³ [x] Use UTF-8 ³
³ [x] *Highlight* words by colour ³
³ [x] Multi-coloured quotes ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Mouse scroll bar ³
³ [x] AutoScrolling ³
³ ³
³ [ ] Exit message reader with <Return> ³

Is this the only place to enable UTF-8 ?

Yes.

Or, did I miss something?

Nope.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello August!

* 29.12.19 at 09:15, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

[snip]

I have configured 5.0.40 (Win) to use UTF-8 and toggling highlighting
seems to work OK. Could that have been just a linux-version thing?

I've passed your question on to the developer, stay toooned :)

Here's what he said .....

---------- 8< ----------
Nope, just tested it.

With message text *xxx* toggling the highlite in message reader with
key
'f' didn't work in pre 5.0.42 releases if UTF-8 was enabled.

This concerns both Windows ann Linux releases.
---------- 8< ----------

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** 31.12.19 - 09:22, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

Here's what he said .....

---------- 8< ----------
Nope, just tested it.

With message text *xxx* toggling the highlite in message reader with
key
'f' didn't work in pre 5.0.42 releases if UTF-8 was enabled.

This concerns both Windows ann Linux releases.
---------- 8< ----------

Where is this " key 'f' "?

I was toggling the highlight with:

Message/Change/Highlight

..while viewing the message LIST. That was working fine.

[ ... ]

OK, nevermind. I found out what you guys meant by key 'f'.

The terminology you guys used for highlighting is different from what key
'f' really refers to. You guys were referring to BOLDING which is accomplished by surrounding a word with the * symbol. And.. tapping on
the 'f' key while READING a message changes the status of BOLDED words.
That works quite fine. I may not bother to test it with previous version because it may now be irrevalent.



../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)

Hello Martin!

** 31.12.19 - 09:11, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

This one is coming back at you from 5.0.42. Yay!

You like? :-))

Thankfully "upgrading" is just a simple matter of unpacking the new
archive over the existing files. That, I like.

---------- 8< ----------
EMP: /RICSI/POINTS
ABS: August Abolins@2:221/1.58
BET: OpenXP 5.0.42 released
ROT: 2:310/31!221/1 280/464 310/31
MID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet dfe1113b
EDA: 20191230023500W-5

Note the "W-5" in the EDA kludge.
I'm assuming this is correct?

Yes. I am located in -0500 offset from UCT.

I also notice that many of our messages written with older versions had
the same EDA tag with the "correct" number at the end. So, it looks like
oxp incorporated the time zone offsets, but it only did not export them as
a formal FTN kludge. ?


../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)

Hello Martin!

[1] Where can I find a list of all the variables used for the templates?

eg. $VORNAME, $BRETT, $ERSTELLT, etc..



[2] Is there a way to create a special template for Ctl-Q (reply to recipient)?

When I need to reply to recipient with Ctl-Q, oxp uses my standard reply template with "Hello $VORNAME". It needs to use the other name (the name
in the TO field) in the converstion.


I have another question related to [2] above, but I can't test it while in editing this message. So, I'll send that separately.


../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)

Hello Martin!

** 01.01.20 - 12:10, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

[1] Where can I find a list of all the variables used for the templates?

eg. $VORNAME, $BRETT, $ERSTELLT, etc..

Nevermind! Found it via Edit/Templates/F1/Macros


../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o§ø`ø§o,,,,o (2:221/1.58)

Hello Martin!

** 01.01.20 - 12:10, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

I have another question related to [2] above, but I can't test it
while in editing this message. So, I'll send that separately.

Here is the other question.

When I do a Ctrl-Q, oxp places the correct (RECIPIENT) name in the TO
field for the message. But it doesn't pass the name to $VORNAME.

+- Public message (quote) ---------------
|
| To /FIDO/POINTS
|
| Subject oxp: reply to recipient
|
| Fido-to Martin Foster
|
+----------------------------------------

For example, shouldn't oxp place the name specified in "Fido-to" above
into $VORNAME?

My quote-reply template starts with: "Hello $VORNAME".

When I do a Ctrl-Q, I always see the name that was in the From field of
the original message.

I have to edit "Hello _______ " and change the name that oxp puts in
there.





../|ug

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: /|ug's EuroPoint (2:221/1.58)

Hello August!

* 31.12.19 at 17:59, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

[snip]

I also notice that many of our messages written with older versions had the same EDA tag with the "correct" number at the end. So, it looks like oxp incorporated the time zone offsets, but it only did not export them
as a formal FTN kludge. ?

Yes, that's correct.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello August!

* 01.01.20 at 12:10, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

[snip]

[2] Is there a way to create a special template for Ctl-Q (reply to recipient)?

Not that I'm aware of but if I can remember, I'll raise this matter
with the developer.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello August!

* 01.01.20 at 12:33, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

I have another question related to [2] above, but I can't test it
while in editing this message. So, I'll send that separately.

Here is the other question.

When I do a Ctrl-Q, oxp places the correct (RECIPIENT) name in the TO field for the message. But it doesn't pass the name to $VORNAME.

+- Public message (quote) ---------------
|
| To /FIDO/POINTS
|
| Subject oxp: reply to recipient
|
| Fido-to Martin Foster
|
+----------------------------------------

For example, shouldn't oxp place the name specified in "Fido-to" above into $VORNAME?

In an ideal world, yes, it should but as OpenXP has always used the
same message template for Quote Replies and for Comment Replies, it
doesn't do that.

My quote-reply template starts with: "Hello $VORNAME".

As does mine and when I do a Comment Reply, I change the greeting line manually in the message editor but I sometimes forget to change it.

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.42
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)