BINGO! <x-eudora-setting:352> Check to shift-cmd-N for check mail just like Apple's Mail application. Use cmd-M to minimize window. ------------------ On 4/4/12 at 7:27 PM -0700, Rick Gordon wrote in a message entitled "Re: [X4U] Eudora 6.2.4 problems on 10.6.8": >Hmm, maybe the documentation is wrong, and that command doesn't do what it seems to say it does. At any rate, when I try to change it, it doesn't seem to affect either Check Mail (which works for me on 10.6.8 with either Cmd-M or Cmd-Shift-M) or New Message. > >So the mystery continues. > >Rick Gordon (who loathes the necessity to abandon Eudora, and hasn't yet, but is researching options) > >------------------ > >On 4/4/12 at 9:40 PM -0400, stephen e. schwartz wrote in a message entitled >"Re: [X4U] Eudora 6.2.4 problems on 10.6.8": > >>hello rick, I am aware of the "hidden settings" of Eudora (which has a wealth of settings) but hadnt thought to look there for the check mail settings option. >> >>Interestingly, double clicking on <x-eudora-setting:32414> generates a dialog that gives the information you provide, and then states that "the default value is 1N" and then allows me to replace that text. >> >>That said, I don't understand the instruction. What is the "N" there for? >> >>command-n is a new mail message window >> >>assuming that the N is not supposed to be there, setting the new value to "0" results in command-m minimizing the top window, and command-shift-m checking for new mail. >> >>setting it to "0N" ditto. >> >>setting it to "2N" or "2", ditto; command-option-m opens the mail checking and sending options dialog box. >> >>so there is something I don't get (or something really is broken). oh well. >> >>but thanks. >> >>-steve >> >>---- >> >> >>At 6:14 PM -0700 4/4/12, Rick Gordon wrote: >>>Open a new message and paste this in: >>> >>><x-eudora-setting:32414> >>> Command key replacement for Check Mail. 0-none, 1-shift, 2-option, >>> 4-control, followed by the command key. >>> >>>Double-click the x-eudora command, and change your preference. >>> >>>------------------ >>> >>>On 4/4/12 at 3:14 PM -0400, stephen e. schwartz wrote in a message entitled >>>"Re: [X4U] Eudora 6.2.4 problems on 10.6.8 (Zane H. Healy)": >>> >>>>actually, its a reply to my previous reply. And at least part of my problem is SOLVED. >>>> >>>>I am chagrinned to say that I followed the advice I usually give to my wife: when an app isn't behaving as you expect it to, re-boot. 10.6.8 is just so stable that I never reboot, and thus I forget about doing it. >>>> >>>>Mirable dictu, when I did a reboot, the double click on link works fine. >>>> >>>>Ok, command-m still minimizes; but command-shift-m checks mail; I can live with that. >>>> >>>>and command-option-c doesnt get rid of formatting and line breaks; but option pull-down edit menu -> unwrap selection does; a nuissance, and I would like to get back to simple command-option-c, but all said, I am a much happier camper. >>>> >>>>Thanks zane for suggestions. and any other suggestions welcome. >>>> >>>>-steve >>> >>>-- >>>___________________________________________________ >>> >>>RICK GORDON >>>EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING >>>___________________________________________________ >>> >>>WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com > > >-- >___________________________________________________ > >RICK GORDON >EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING >___________________________________________________ > >WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com >_______________________________________________ >X4U mailing list >X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u -- ___________________________________________________ RICK GORDON EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING ___________________________________________________ WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com