====== Message Editors ======

The **message editor** is the module that handles composing a message — for e-mail, NetMail, sub-board posts, and feedback. It's a separate [[:module:|loadable module]], independent of both the [[user:shell:|command shell]] and the mail/msgbase modules that invoke it. The same shell can be paired with different editors, and which editor you actually get is determined by your [[user:settings:|User Settings]] (the ''E'' option in the stock module) plus what the sysop has made available.

===== Available editors =====

  * [[user:editor:synchronet|Synchronet built-in line editor]] — the ASCII line-mode editor with [[user:shell:classic:slash_commands|slash commands]], [[user:ctrl-a|Ctrl-A]] codes, and a ''/?'' help menu. Always available; the fallback for any user/terminal.
  * [[user:editor:slyedit|SlyEdit]] (full-screen, JavaScript) — see [[:module:slyedit]]
  * [[user:editor:fseditor|FSEditor]] (full-screen, JavaScript) — see [[:module:fseditor]]

The sysop installs additional editors as [[config:external_programs|external programs]] (with an ''editor.tag'' marker so Synchronet knows they're message editors). See [[:custom:|customization]] for setup.

===== See Also =====

  * [[user:|User Documentation]]
  * [[:module:|Loadable Modules]]
  * [[user:ctrl-a|Ctrl-A Text Attribute Codes]]

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