Re: Concerning MAILPREP in XYWWWEB115.

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 By jove, your right. Now, how do I get it translate [838],
 the copyright symbol, to the word COPYRIGHT.

 I think that I was not doing it right before. Your explanation
 below was particularly clear.

 Many, many thanks.

 M.W. Poirier

 P.S.: I modified all of the accented letters while I was at it.

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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Robert Holmgren wrote:

> ** Reply to message from "M.W. Poirier"  on Mon, 27
> Oct 2003 19:57:09 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Dear M. W.:
>
> > I would not bother with MDBO.
> > MDBO is not used very much in academic writing...
> > So I would only be concerned with MDIT and occasionally with MDUL
>
> But that's _you_. What about everybody else? My recollection is that I
> wrote MAILPREP for _me_ (like pretty much everything I contribute to U2).
> And I'm not the least concerned with academic writing -- certainly not in
> Emails anyway. Who sends quality writing in an Email?
>
> Let's be practical. Let's fix it for you, and anybody else who wants this
> capability.
>
> Make a copy of the original XyWbMail.PRN -- call it XyWbMail.BAK
>
> Now we're free to alter XyWbMail.PRN, without needing to change anything else
> -- not the PP: table nor SETTINGS.DFL nor anything. CAll XyWbMail.PRN into a
> window.
>
> Make these *simple* changes:
>
> Find a table in there labeled "PT=1".
> Change:
>  MD UL=(*)
>  MD IT=(*)
> To:
>  MD UL=(*+UNDERLINE)
>  MD IT=(*+UNDERLINE)
>
> Now *add* to the same table, anywhere within it, the following two specs:
>  MD BU=(*)
>  MD BI=(*)
> That will serve to force MDBU and MDBI to be ignored.
>
> There is another 3-line table in there labeled "FO:*".
> *Insert* the following block of text into the file right *above*
> this FO:* table (copy what's between the lines below, *excluding* the lines):
> -------------------
> ;
> ;ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION
> ;
> AT:UNDERLINE
> AT<_
> AT>_
> ET
> ;
> -------------------
>
> SAve the file. Done. Test it. You'll get the result you want.
> Let's hear from you AFTER you've tried it!
>
> -----------------------------
> Robert Holmgren
> holmgren@xxxxxxxx
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>
>