Hello Martin!


What are we supposed to make use of out of the glossary.cfg?

It seems to contain short-codes that we can use and >OXP< makes
substitutions at some point?

Tying some of them below:

Marker for beginning of included text
s+<

Marker for end of included text
s-<

General snip marker
8-<

Miscellaneous stuff

XP<
OXP<

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Hello August!

On 17.04.19 at 21:51, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

What are we supposed to make use of out of the glossary.cfg?

This is an example of a poor choice of words by the original OpenXP developers. In no way can it be described as a glossary, perhaps
"library" would have been the better choice because it's a collection
of snippets which can be quickly imported into a message.

It seems to contain short-codes that we can use and >OXP< makes substitutions at some point?

Yes, that's exactly what it is but it's something I never use these
days. However, since you've brought the matter up, I can think of a
number of uses to which it could be put, notably, "canned" responses
to questions :-))

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** 18.04.19 - 13:24, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

It seems to contain short-codes that we can use and >OXP< makes
substitutions at some point?

Yes, that's exactly what it is but it's something I never use these
days. However, since you've brought the matter up, I can think of a
number of uses to which it could be put, notably, "canned" responses
to questions :-))

They don't seem to be working as short-codes/substitutions as the file suggests.

Maybe they *are* just shorthand text for general use?

But it would be very nice for example to just put >s+< in the body of the text have it autofill into:

-------- [Snip] ---------


The first two paragraphs in the glossary.cfg file intrigue me, they seem
to imply that we can control the visibility of text with the ">" and "<" chars. That is, create an auto-snip for large parts of text.


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Hello August!

On 18.04.19 at 22:03, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

It seems to contain short-codes that we can use and >OXP< makes
substitutions at some point?

Yes, that's exactly what it is but it's something I never use these
days. However, since you've brought the matter up, I can think of a
number of uses to which it could be put, notably, "canned" responses
to questions :-))

They don't seem to be working as short-codes/substitutions as the
file suggests.

Read the second paragraph of "glossary.cfg" again :)

However, what it doesn't say is how to actually use the glossary
function.

Maybe they *are* just shorthand text for general use?

But it would be very nice for example to just put >s+< in the body of the text have it autofill into:

-------- [Snip] ---------

Maybe it would but the glossary function doesn't work like that.

Place the cursor at the start of a *blank line* in your message and
press <Alt-G>. Cursor down the list to ">s+<" and press <Enter> and
see what happens.

The first two paragraphs in the glossary.cfg file intrigue me,
they seem to imply that we can control the visibility of text
with the ">" and "<" chars. That is, create an auto-snip for
large parts of text.

Nope, anything placed between the ">" and "<" characters is
interpreted as a comment or to put it another way, it's interpreted as
the title of the snippet.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin!

** 20.04.19 - 10:36, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

Read the second paragraph of "glossary.cfg" again :)

However, what it doesn't say is how to actually use the glossary
function.

Place the cursor at the start of a *blank line* in your message and
press <Alt-G>. Cursor down the list to ">s+<" and press <Enter> and
see what happens.

OMG! The Alt-G was the revelation.

This feature is SO badly worded in the glossary.cfg.

[1] If the word "*module*" was used in the .cfg, that would have helped, because the Help on Glossary uses that term quite extensively, but the glossary file does not even mention it once.

[2] Also, the pretext paragraphs in the .cfg file should have said that
the ">" and "<" were to be used IN THIS FILE:

I was assuming that there was some dynamic feature while editing an actual message. The tie-in to the unmentioned "modules" in glossary.cfg were not obvious.

NOW, it is understood. But I think this function would be a mystery for
the next noobie.

-------- [Snip] ---------
----------8<----------
Best wishes ...

Works well. Nice feature. Great for repetative entries.

... anything placed between the ">" and "<" characters is
interpreted as a comment or to put it another way, it's interpreted as
the title of the snippet.

Maybe even the word "snippet" might be better than "module", IMHO.

For me, a module is a separate entity (as in a separate file). If the glossary is built on defining "snippets", then another better word would
be "shortcut", or "text section"

The "glossary" feature reminds me of this:

http://www.yourtechtamer.com/blog/2011/08/can-you-create-a-shortcut-to- auto-paste-your-email-address-onto-the-clipboard/

But oxp's feature is neater and more flexible (albiet, limited within oxp itself).



../|ug

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Hello August!

On 21.04.19 at 01:24, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

Read the second paragraph of "glossary.cfg" again :)

However, what it doesn't say is how to actually use the glossary
function.

Place the cursor at the start of a *blank line* in your message and
press <Alt-G>. Cursor down the list to ">s+<" and press <Enter> and
see what happens.

OMG! The Alt-G was the revelation.

Ha! :)

This feature is SO badly worded in the glossary.cfg.

I concur and I'll have a look at tidying it up.
Many thanks for your feedback, much appreciated.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello August!

## 21.04.19 at 01:24, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

Read the second paragraph of "glossary.cfg" again :)

However, what it doesn't say is how to actually use the glossary
function.

Place the cursor at the start of a *blank line* in your message and
press <Alt-G>. Cursor down the list to ">s+<" and press <Enter> and
see what happens.

OMG! The Alt-G was the revelation.

This feature is SO badly worded in the glossary.cfg.

Improved in the next release.

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin,

On 18.05.19, you wrote to August Abolins:

OMG! The Alt-G was the revelation.

AA>> This feature is SO badly worded in the glossary.cfg.

Improved in the next release.

That's great news! Thanks.



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