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        >>--->  New CONFIG.XRS parameters in 4.50 (15-June-1991)

   (please see corrected information about "EmptyBag x" below, too)

     Since "^aPID:" kludges seem to be in vogue and clean up a bit of
   the mess on the echomail tear lines (although this leaves people
   wide open to put someone else's advertisement in there), I now
   default to putting in pids and nothing on the tear line.  You can
   reverse this default by using:  (note that any XCS version *is*
   shown on the tear line either way)

;No PIDs


     Because some EGA/VGA/SVGA/1024 fonts are software-only controlled,
   you must tell XRS never to adjust back to original display geometry
   even if it thinks it has changed.  Hardware fonts (or fonts supported
   by a "TSR" program like 'VGAfont') should *not* have this parameter
   activated, or XRS will fail to automatically restore them even if you
   change them by using another mode-changing program outside XRS.  Note
   that if you *do* use software-only non-TSR fonts, you must adjust any
   video changes made by external programs (if any) before returning to
   XRS since it will no longer attempt to keep track of screen size!

;Soft Font


     In order to accomodate huge <J>ump lists, XRS now virtualizes any
   list which would contain more than 500 entries.  You can set this
   threshold down to 100 or up as high as 3000 entries - smaller numbers
   take less RAM to scroll larger lists but increase disk access if you
   don't preload summary, larger numbers give faster response, but take
   longer to "pop up" and eat more 'low' RAM to build.  If you have the
   "Preload Summary" on, response is smooth either way.  If you attempt
   to set it out of range, the value is adjusted to minimum or maximum
   allowable instead.

;Virtualize 750



     You may also set the virual page-size (number of elements which
   are swapped in and out each time the physical list "faults" and the
   virtual list has to be paged).  Smaller numbers page more often, but
   quickly - larger numbers page less often, but each page takes longer.
   You cannot set the virtual page size to less than the screen height,
   nor more than 1/2 the total virtual list size default of set with
   the "Virtualize xxx" parameter.  If you attempt to set it to a value
   out of range it will be adjusted to the mimimum or maximum allowable
   value instead.

;VirtualJump 100




     If you want the <J>ump lists sorted by subject/topic/thread, use
   (this can also be toggled "on-the-fly" from the <F4> config window)

;Sort Subjects



     To force the mailbag handling menu to appear every time you exit,
   even if you have not read all messages:

;Always


     XRS now supports full messages topic threading inside a mailbag by
   creating a doubly-linked list of topics.  Threading can be turned on
   and off on-the-fly inside XRS from the <F4> hot-keyed configuration
   window.  By default it is off - if you want to automatically activate
   support for the "+" and "-" keys to follow any threads found instead
   of the normal "next" and "previous" functions use:  (both this and
   the following parameter can be adjusted 'on-the-fly" from the <F4>
   configuation window hot-key list)

Threading


     To force the "+" and "-" keys to only follow threads (this implies
   "Threading"), and not appear if there is no corresponding thread use:

Thread Only


     To force XRS to act like a new mailbag has been unpacked if you use
   an external utility such as XCS to create mail:  (this was in 4.10)

;Force New


     To preselect the option taken when an empty mailbag is detected as you
   leave the program (i.e. "Repack/Delete/Both/Leave")  Note that if you
   se a non-English overlay, these option letters will be different (XRS
   only looks at the first letter of the second word).  This does not cause
   the option to be automatically selected, but only sets the default item
   to highlight in the list.  The default is "Leave" for mailbags with any
   unread messages, or "Delete" if there are no unread messages.  With 4.12
   you can force this menu to always appear although normally it is shown
   only if the "Read Only New" filter is off on exit (See "Always" above).

EmptyBag Both


     "EmptyBag" compresses into your "Indir" by default, but you can use
   another subdirectory as the 'archives' by specifying  (the sub-directory
   must exist, or an error will occur!)  This example shows the archive
   sub-dir being a sub-directory (named OLDBAGS) of the current directory.
   Note that mailbags which have not been completely read go back into the
   InDir regardless of what you specify here, so you can easily reopen them

;SaveBagPath OLDBAGS





        >>--->  New CONFIG.XRS parameters in 4.10


     To use an external mail bundler, use this parameter - the program is
   responsible for handling all aspects of the outbound mail processing.
   DO NOT USE THIS FOR BUILT-IN .QWK SUPPORT USING RUDI'S XCS PROGRAMS!

;Bundler FOREIGN.EXE


     To force alternate handling of hot-keys for SCO Xenix environment
   by replacing <ALT_Fx> keys with <SHIFT_Fx> in editor, etc.:

;No Alt Keys


     To force redirection to CON: during external program calls, use:

;Force Redirection




    >>--->  New CONFIG.XRS parameters in 4.00

    In order to have XRS search another disk and/or subdirectory for its
  inbound mailbags (instead of in the current directory), use:

;Indir d:\comm\download


    To always show messages in a scrolling viewable window instead of one
  page at a time (note: default is optimize list/page mode automatically).

;List View


    To view messages in the old manner (i.e. page by page) all the time

;Page View


    In order to force continual updating of the highlighted message header
  during <J>ump selection use this parameter - note that you can force the
  header to show anyway with the <TAB> key (continuous updating may be too
  slow on your machine).

;Jump Headers


    Since XRS now does verticle retrace wait (avoids snow on CGA monitors)
  automatically, if you have CGA hardware that does not get snowy, use

;No Snow


    XRS continually updating the time on the bottom of the screen during
  message reading and editing, it interferes with "ScreenTalk" (and other
  similar) hardware used by visually impared users.  To avoid this use

;No Seconds


    If the clock at the bottom of the screen causes problems or sluggish
  performance, you can completely eliminate it using

;No Clock


    Because so many people have asked for it, I have whacked on C_Worthy
  source-code (again) to allow you to swap the normal editor key functions
  for "Paste" and "Toggle overwrite/insert".  Normally, <INS> does a paste
  and <F9> swaps insert and overwritet modes - with this parm, they reverse

<INS> <F9> Reversed


    XRS will automatically prompt you to change the to name each time you
  reply to or quote a message if you use

To Name Prompt