Richard Vonzel wrote to All <=-

Whe I start a new message it start with the "Hello Everyone" and ens
with my first name. How can I change that to something different?

Modify DEFAULT.TPL. Look in the docs about using templates as there's a lot
of things you can do with them.

-- Sean

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07 Feb 25 14:31, Richard Vonzel wrote to Tommi Koivula:

I edited the Default.tpl and the Golded.tpl but it still doesn't
change my name to my full name. Strange.

Do you have the line:

'template golded.tpl'

or something like that in your golded.cfg?

I added that line to my.cfg file, and it works now, but I have to
select the golded.tpl file to start writing a message. That's file but
it would be nice to have it just USE the Golded.tpl. How can I make it default to it?

Funny. That is the line I have here and Golded reads the .tpl in the current directory.

There are many template directives in the config, like:

=== Cut ===
-- MESSAGE TEMPLATES

// Path to the template files. Defaults to the GOLDPATH.
;TEMPLATEPATH R:\GOLDED\TPLS\

// Select template based on the address of the message you want to
// reply to.
TEMPLATEMATCH YES

// Message template filenames and descriptions.
TEMPLATE GOLDED.TPL "Default template"
TEMPLATE EMAIL.TPL "E-mail template"
TEMPLATE NEWSGRPS.TPL "Newsgroups template"
TEMPLATE DANSK.TPL "Dansk skabelon" 2:23/* ;
TEMPLATE DANSK.TPL "Dansk skabelon" 2:234/* ; Used for
TEMPLATE DANSK.TPL "Dansk skabelon" 2:235/* ; template
TEMPLATE DANSK.TPL "Dansk skabelon" 2:236/* ; matching
TEMPLATE DANSK.TPL "Dansk skabelon" 2:237/* ;
TEMPLATE DANSK.TPL "Dansk skabelon" 2:238/* ;
=== Cut ===


'Tommi

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Hey Tommi!

On Sat, Feb 08 2025 11:12:52 -0600, you wrote:

There are many template directives in the config, like:

Just wondering, do you have 'editmenu no' in your config? I caught these two paragraphs under the 'template' option, and am somewhat confused by them. Does 'editmenu' need to be disabled? Or is it just another place to possibly select a template from? Either way, I have it disabled here, already.. and don't think I have ever had to manually select a template from a drop down list or anything.

Templates defined in Random System groups always override the
globally defined templates, except when selected from the EDITMENU
or when automatic template matching is in effect.

To override the automatic template matching, start by selecting a
template manually using the READchangetemplate (Ctrl-T) command or
the EDITMENU.

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Nick!

Friday February 07 2025 19:06, you wrote to me:

Hey Richard!

On Fri, Feb 07 2025 20:31:56 -0600, you wrote:

I added that line to my.cfg file, and it works now, but I have to
select the golded.tpl file to start writing a message. That's
file but it would be nice to have it just USE the Golded.tpl. How
can I make it default to it?

Take a look at gold_ref.txt for the TEMPLATE keyword:

template <file> ["desc"] [match-address]

So:

template /path/to/golded/golded.tpl "Default" *

.. in your global configuration (not in a random system group).

Regards,
Nick

... He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

That worked. Thanks.

RickV

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Hello everybody!

Whe I start a new message it start with the "Hello Everyone" and ens with my first name. How can I change that to something different?

Richard


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07 Feb 25 06:24, Richard Vonzel wrote to Nick Boel:

I edited the Default.tpl and the Golded.tpl but it still doesn't
change my name to my full name. Strange.

Do you have the line:

'template golded.tpl'

or something like that in your golded.cfg?

'Tommi

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Re: starting a new message
By: Nick Boel to Richard Vonzel on Wed Feb 05 2025 06:03 pm

Find the file 'golded.tpl' and edit it. I can't tell you where it would b

Regards,
Nick

I edited the Default.tpl and the Golded.tpl but it still doesn't change my name to my full name. Strange.

Richard Vonzel
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Hi Nick.

08 Feb 25 06:39, you wrote to me:

There are many template directives in the config, like:

Just wondering, do you have 'editmenu no' in your config?

No..

I caught these two paragraphs under the 'template' option, and am
somewhat confused by them. Does 'editmenu' need to be disabled? Or is
it just another place to possibly select a template from? Either way,
I have it disabled here, already..

..

and don't think I have ever had to manually select a template from a
drop down list or anything.

Me neither..

'Tommi

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Hey Tommi!

On Sat, Feb 08 2025 16:43:36 -0600, you wrote:

Just wondering, do you have 'editmenu no' in your config?

No..

No worries, it seems the config option I gave him worked without any of this extra stuff. Although, in my case I've never had to use "*" at the end of it, but figured if he had an odd configuration it might force it to use it everywhere.

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Tommi!

Friday February 07 2025 20:34, you wrote to me:

07 Feb 25 06:24, Richard Vonzel wrote to Nick Boel:

I edited the Default.tpl and the Golded.tpl but it still doesn't
change my name to my full name. Strange.

Do you have the line:

'template golded.tpl'

or something like that in your golded.cfg?

'Tommi

I added that line to my.cfg file, and it works now, but I have to select the golded.tpl file to start writing a message. That's file but it would be nice to have it just USE the Golded.tpl. How can I make it default to it?

RickV

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Hey Richard!

On Fri, Feb 07 2025 20:31:56 -0600, you wrote:

I added that line to my.cfg file, and it works now, but I have to
select the golded.tpl file to start writing a message. That's file but
it would be nice to have it just USE the Golded.tpl. How can I make it default to it?

Take a look at gold_ref.txt for the TEMPLATE keyword:

template <file> ["desc"] [match-address]

So:

template /path/to/golded/golded.tpl "Default" *

.. in your global configuration (not in a random system group).

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Richard!

On Wed, Feb 05 2025 22:00:00 -0600, you wrote:

Whe I start a new message it start with the "Hello Everyone" and ens
with my first name. How can I change that to something different?

Find the file 'golded.tpl' and edit it. I can't tell you where it would be, as I don't know the Golded directory structure on Windows.

Regards,
Nick

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