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One more comment to add: another thing to consider is message recovery when
the connection is lost during editing. Being a shy i2p user, I have to live
with the occasional drop, and there have been a couple of occasions when I
lost connection in the middle of editing a very long post, and found myself
having to type the whole thing a second time--this time into vi and then copy/pasting
into the client once I was happy with it.
Are you aware that if the client is running on your own machine, you can configure
any external editor you want?
2022-08-26 16:56 from IGnatius T Foobar <ajc@citadel.org>
Are you aware that if the client is running on your own machine, you
can configure any external editor you want?
No. I guess I should have spent more than 2 minutes setting it up and reading about how to invoke it!
Ok then ... assuming that this becomes the way you use the client for the
most part now ... after you live with it for a little while, tell us how you
feel about it does to your workflow when you hit <E>nter-message and the screen
clears to display the editor. Do you find it disruptive? Distracting? Or
is it just fine, and there's no distraction?
2022-08-27 15:01 from IGnatius T Foobar <ajc@citadel.org>
Ok then ... assuming that this becomes the way you use the client for
the most part now ... after you live with it for a little while, tell
us how you feel about it does to your workflow when you hit
<E>nter-message and the screen clears to display the editor. Do you
find it disruptive? Distracting? Or is it just fine, and there's no
distraction?
I used it for a little while but stopped because replies and quotes seem to still go to the same builtin editor, and it was jarring to me for different commands to spawn different editors. But for the short while that I did use it, I don't remember the screen being cleared. So if it did, I guess it didn't bother me.
Anyway, new topic. Maybe I can get some tips about how to better use Citadel. I have a problem, which is that I am stupid and a slow thinker. So when I'm using email, it's not unusual for me to read several emails, then go away and digest them for a bit, and then return and respond after I have thoughts.
I find this flow difficult for me with Citadel because I go through my room list, read all of the messages, and then when I come back later, I don't remember all of the rooms that I read earlier in the day because (g)oto doesn't visit them anymore unless there are new messages.
Like I said, I know that I am dumb and forgetful. Any tips?
Sure thing. I do this all the time. If you <S>kip out of a room instead
of <G>oto, it won't mark the messages as read and you'll be brought back to
them next time.
2022-10-11 13:27 from IGnatius T Foobar <ajc@citadel.org>
Sure thing. I do this all the time. If you <S>kip out of a room
instead of <G>oto, it won't mark the messages as read and you'll be
brought back to them next time.
Aaah, I should have realized that. I think I thought it meant "stop where you are and go to the next room," leaving unread messages unread but messages I have already read are marked read. Thanks!