[Users] External editor?

[blind Pete]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:14:02 +0100
Michael Schwendt <bugreporter at abwesend.de> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:06:27 +1100, blind Pete wrote:
> 
> > > > So, the drop down list should contain the lines; 
> > > 
> > > No, those are examples of what you can write into that field. You
> > > are not restricted to the items in the drop-down list.
> > 
> > That is exactly why they should contain non-obvious useful options
> > like, "put the editor into email mode".  Anyone can override it or
> > delete it, as they see fit, but _it_just_works_ for the newbie
> > _right_out_of_the_box_.  
> 
> Doubtful. A newbie would use the internal editor and certainly not
> Emacs or Vi and its derivatives.   And anyone, who reconfigures Claws
> Mail to use an external editor will likely activate personal
> preferences anyway. 

Because it is not obvious and they would not know about it that I was
suggesting it as a default.  

-- 
testing
bP
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