New autoformat feature

Jeremy Howard · 4 Nov 2001, 10:41 AM

Not to be outdone by Rob's funky polling window, I figured I'd sneak in a new feature myself while he's off hiking around the countryside (the whole of Melbourne basically comes to a standstill this weekend because of holidays dedicated to a horse-race, believe it or not!).

So, click 'Compose' and check out the new 'Format' feature in the bottom-right popup menu. It implements the automatic formatting described in this document. Basically, it wraps your message at 72 columns (as happens when you send anyway), and is smart about wrapping quoted lines, keeping formatting of bulleted/numbered lists, and so forth.

If you got an ASCII table or ASCII art thingy then you won't want that bit autoformatted. Just prefix each line you don't want formatted with a '#' and that line won't be touched.

You'll all be pleased to hear that the spell-checker is now working again...

And I've made one other little (but cute) change. Can anyone see what it is?

OtaconTV · 4 Nov 2001, 11:42 AM

I'm just starting to use the webmail instead of outlook express becuase it's easier, so I'm not sure but I don't remember this being there before:

Welcome to FastMail Tom Veatch. It's coming up to twenty to eight in the evening . Your last successful login was at Sat, 3 Nov 2001 5:09 PM

Is it the twenty to eight thing?
It's just an idea, but you and rob should have competitions to see who can come up with the best feature.

Jeremy Howard · 4 Nov 2001, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by OtaconTV
Welcome to FastMail Tom Veatch. It's coming up to twenty to eight in the evening . Your last successful login was at Sat, 3 Nov 2001 5:09 PM

Is it the twenty to eight thing?

Bingo!

Quote:

It's just an idea, but you and rob should have competitions to see who can come up with the best feature.

Don't be silly--Rob and I are much too professional to be competitive; besides which everyone knows that my features are better than his...

Kyle Babich · 4 Nov 2001, 11:04 PM

ikxu · 5 Nov 2001, 03:57 AM

Yes I noticed them when I logged in.
I like to check my email at the web site at least twice per day to see what is going on at the site.
Great Jeremy!!!
I do think that Rob is a great PR man though

ikxu

4 Nov 2001, 10:41 AM	#1
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	New autoformat feature Not to be outdone by Rob's funky polling window, I figured I'd sneak in a new feature myself while he's off hiking around the countryside (the whole of Melbourne basically comes to a standstill this weekend because of holidays dedicated to a horse-race, believe it or not!). So, click 'Compose' and check out the new 'Format' feature in the bottom-right popup menu. It implements the automatic formatting described in this document. Basically, it wraps your message at 72 columns (as happens when you send anyway), and is smart about wrapping quoted lines, keeping formatting of bulleted/numbered lists, and so forth. If you got an ASCII table or ASCII art thingy then you won't want that bit autoformatted. Just prefix each line you don't want formatted with a '#' and that line won't be touched. You'll all be pleased to hear that the spell-checker is now working again... And I've made one other little (but cute) change. Can anyone see what it is?

4 Nov 2001, 11:42 AM	#2
OtaconTV Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 66	I'm just starting to use the webmail instead of outlook express becuase it's easier, so I'm not sure but I don't remember this being there before: Welcome to FastMail Tom Veatch. It's coming up to twenty to eight in the evening . Your last successful login was at Sat, 3 Nov 2001 5:09 PM Is it the twenty to eight thing? It's just an idea, but you and rob should have competitions to see who can come up with the best feature. Last edited by OtaconTV : 4 Nov 2001 at 11:45 AM.

4 Nov 2001, 11:04 PM	#4
Kyle Babich Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 540	lol

5 Nov 2001, 03:57 AM	#5
ikxu Guest Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 400	great Yes I noticed them when I logged in. I like to check my email at the web site at least twice per day to see what is going on at the site. Great Jeremy!!! I do think that Rob is a great PR man though ikxu