On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Jim Henderson wrote: > On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:47:51 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote: > >> My usenet use goes back to about 1992, with approx ten yrs BBSing prior >> and I don't recall seeing it on Fido, or any other fido type network, >> either. > > I was thinking this was possible, but perhaps it could've been something > before FidoNet, like some of the old Citadel-style BBS' or from that era. > > My first exposure to USENET was through a custom-developed BBS package > used by a company called Exchange Data (I don't *think* I used it before > then, but I could be wrong - my memory isn't what it once was) back in > the early/mid 80's, and I don't recall seeing this type of attribution > style there. >
I go back to the late 80's too in usenet use - I can recall a variety of prefix characters for quoting but not *'s - they were used - as in your reply for emphasis I've just looked up the 1993 version of the supercite manual http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/emacs/v19_34/sc_1.html (I used to use this) and that only (on a quick scan) seems to mention >'s quoting - apart from its own style of citation using name> Robert -- Links and things http://rmstar.blogspot.com/ Robert Marshall _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
