* Add .tedit files for Lafite manual and release notes -- PDFs on Google Drive * use 'docs' for subfolder name; wliminate dup * Remove duplicate LAFITEMANUAL-GLOSSARY-CUSTOMER.TEDIT --------- Co-authored-by: Nick Briggs <nicholas.h.briggs@gmail.com>
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A USER'S GUIDE TO LAFITE
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A USER'S GUIDE TO LAFITE
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WRITING MESSAGES
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WRITING MESSAGES
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9. Writing Messages
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Writing a message is the process of composing its header and body. Sending a message is the process of transmitting the message to its specified recipients. This chapter gives instructions for writing and editing messages, and chapter 10 tells you how to send them.
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Lafite provides five kinds of forms you can use for writing messages. You may compose a new message, or answer one you have received, or forward existing messages to a new recipient. You can also use specialized message forms to report problems or suggestions regarding Interlisp, Lafite, or TEdit, or use message forms that you have personally composed.
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All the message forms have the same essential structure, but they have different kinds and amounts of information already filled in when presented to you for further editing. Some message forms are built by browser commands; others from the Send Mail command. The characteristics common to every type of message form are described first, then the differences between the forms. Once you select a message form, the process of writing and sending each kind of message is the same.
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The Message Composition Window
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Each type of form is contained in a message composition window (see figure 13). The message composition window contains four regions. The topmost region is the prompt region, where Lafite gives you messages and sometimes prompts you for information. Below it is a menu with two commands, Deliver and Save Form; these are explained in chapter 10. The black title bar informs you that you are in the message editor. At the bottom is the message composition region, which has two parts separated by a blank line: the header and the body.
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