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Martin Wuerthner  wrote on 5 Oct:
> Some applications (e.g., Zap) check for colons as well and allow you
> to save to such a path, but most still follow that guideline to the
> letter (e.g., Edit, but also EasiWriter and ArtWorks).

And MPro, which is my starting point in the present exercise.

> To work around that you can use <News$Write>.filename, which does have
> a full stop and is therefore accepted. Of course, that is not quite as
> simple and elegant as the original method.

I discovered I can add "$." and save to   news:$.filename   -- which 
is almost elegant enuf, anyway quicker than going to a different 
Workspace "desktop" and back, or navigating through a chain of 
directories.


-- 
Jim Nagel                        www.archivemag.co.uk
>> "from" address is genuine but will change.  website has current one.
See you at London show?  www.riscoslondonshow.co.uk  Oct 29 Saturday

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shortcut for path Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-10-04 18:40 +0100
  Re: shortcut for path Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-10-04 20:31 +0200
    Re: shortcut for path Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-10-05 00:28 +0100
      Re: shortcut for path Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-10-05 09:48 +0100
        Re: shortcut for path Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2011-10-05 12:12 +0200
          Re: shortcut for path Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-10-05 11:43 +0100
          Re: shortcut for path Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-10-05 15:42 +0100
            Re: shortcut for path Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2011-10-05 16:22 +0100
              Re: shortcut for path "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-10-05 18:21 +0100
            Re: shortcut for path Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-06 08:19 +0200
  Re: shortcut for path Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-10-04 20:05 +0100
  Re: shortcut for path Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-05 05:57 +0200
    Re: shortcut for path Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-10-05 15:33 +0100
      Re: shortcut for path Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-06 08:21 +0200
  Re: shortcut for path Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2011-10-05 21:23 +0100
    Re: shortcut for path Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-10-06 08:23 +0200
      Re: shortcut for path Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2011-10-06 20:36 +0100
      Re: shortcut for path Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2011-10-07 00:51 +0100

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