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The Sunday 2007-02-11 at 08:34 -0800, Charles R. Buchanan wrote:
> Let's see, let's do an experiment shall we?
>
> here is part of one of my replies
...
> Here's part of another reply using the "normal" way:
...
> Same amount of area being taken up. Seen way worst ones about. I don't
> know, maybe it is JUST me, but I'm usualy reading what someone says
> instead of what's sitting on the left margin! :-D
It's not a question of area. The ">" is standard and understood by mail
programs. For instance, some may use one color for new text, another for
">" quoted text, another for ">>" quoted text, etc. We are used to that
quoting style, so a different one like yours is distracting. Also, if I
get a text like:
> quote
>> quote
>> quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote
>> quote quote quote
I can automatically reflow it with two keystrokes (^J^J):
> quote
>> quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote
because the program knows how to handle it. If I try with your text:
(^_^) quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote
(^_^) quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote
I get this garbled thing instead:
(^_^) quote quote quote quote quote quote quote quote (^_^) quote quote
quote quote quote quote quote quote
See? :-)
What I'm surprised is that it took us so long to tell you ;-) :-P
Now, the quoting style I would like to use would be this other one:
CRB> quote quote quote
but unfortunately it is not handled properly by current mail programs; the
second level is changed thus by my Pine:
> CRB> quote quote quote
which is incorrect, it should be:
CRB>> quote quote quote
But that is Fidonet style, not email style, it seems. Or it is Pine which
is broken, dunno. The advantage is knowing better who said what.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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