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From: "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
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Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:24:05 +0100
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 21:11:34 +0100, Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 20:31:48 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:41:51 +0100, Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 16:49:26 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 01:07:36 +0100, Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:53:30 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:48:25 +0100, Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 23:44:42 -0000 (UTC), Sprang, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:55:21 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:13:54 +0100, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Melzzzzz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> chrisv wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sprang wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Snit, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *plonk*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> So you're plonking him for writing "after 15 edits"?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Nope.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe we should all plonk you for daring to use an asterisk?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Maybe you should not leap to conclusions when there are other possible
>>>>>>>>>> explanations.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Maybe you should leave in context and explain why you're plonking then.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's a drole tool.
>>>>>>>> Let it plonk me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> s/drole/droll
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought you'd gone all posh.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nah, just can't spell worth a shot.
>>>>
>>>> Does your newsreader not underline fuckups in red?
>>>>
>>>
>>> My newsreader uses an external editor, through which I can invoke spell
>>> checking, I just don't bother.
>>>
>>> I have most curse words down pat :)
>>
>> Your newsreader can't edit by itself?  Oh dear.
>
> Well, I do have to hit the letter F for follow-up, or P for post. ;)
> It opens the editor in the same full screen terminal window.
> I edit the follow-up, save it, the editor closes, and goes back to the
> thread/post view, I hit Y to send it.
>
> It's really easy, legible to me more than any other newsreader, and that
> all happens seemlessly. I don't see windows opening,closing.
>
> I also have pan/knode ... put I heavily prefer slrn.

I'll stick to the more modern interface thanks.

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