"Samuel Wales" <samolog...@gmail.com> writes: Hi Samuel,
> While an experienced user can figure out rectangle commands or write a > command to unpack the quote, new users and users who can't type much > might skip using the code to avoid having to do that. And a very new > user could actually stick the whole thing in .emacs and wonder why it > doesn't work. It adds to the burden of fixing a problem or meeting a > need in emacs without providing much benefit. Even a few keystrokes > can do that. > > Perhaps quotes of code, in all packages like boxquote, could by > default get fancy only on the lines precediing and following. > > What do you think? I think the best you can do is: Use boxquote for citations of key/function/variable/info docs, but for code use --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (defun foo (a b) (if (> a b) (* a b) (foo (foo (- b a) a) (- a b)))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- which is ,----[ C-h k C-c M-m ] | C-c M-m runs the command message-mark-inserted-region, which is an interactive | compiled Lisp function in `message.el'. | | It is bound to C-c M-m, <menu-bar> <Message> <Insert Region Marked>. | | (message-mark-inserted-region beg end &optional verbatim) | | Mark some region in the current article with enclosing tags. | See `message-mark-insert-begin' and `message-mark-insert-end'. | If verbatim, use slrn style verbatim marks ("#v+" and "#v-"). `---- That's highlighted by gnus (and some other readers), too, and you can simply copy & paste it somewhere. It even tells you where to cut! ;-) Bye, Tassilo -- In an average living room there are 1,242 objects RMS could use to write an OS, including the room itself. _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode