Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello MAU, On 4 Sep 2004 at 16:52:30 +0200 GMT [16:52 CEST] you wrote: M> Traditionally on the net, asterisks mean *bold*, underscores mean M> _underlined_, slashes mean /italics/, etc. I know. :) And my text is either naked or underlined. -- Cheers, The Bat! 2.12.00 on Andre

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Allie_M, [AM] wrote: > I'm a long time OS/2 user. I stopped using it in mid 1999. > How's it going now with that OS. Is it still viable in that apps are > being still actively developed for it? Shucks! My booboo. I guess it could have been worse, but this was intended as an off-list message. I j

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Lynn, [L] wrote: > I'd rather be WARP'ed* * *Team OS/2 I'm a long time OS/2 user. I stopped using it in mid 1999. How's it going now with that OS. Is it still viable in that apps are being still actively developed for it? -- -= Allie =- The Bat!™ v3.0 · Windows XP Pro (Service Pack 2)

Re[2]: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Saturday, September 4, 2004, 11:32:31 AM, you wrote: MB> Thanks for answering. :) No problem .. had I not got so far behind with my email, due to being gone yesterday, I'd have seen the previous posts describing the situation. Lynn -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]* * *Aun Aprendo I'd rather b

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Lynn! On Saturday, September 04, 2004, 1:20 PM, you wrote: MB>> Therefore, if it's okay, let's have a poll: MB>> 1) For Smiley handles enclosed in colons : : MB>> 2) For Smiley handles enclosed in brackets < > L> Smileys in colons would probably be easier for me to implement .. Enclose

Re[2]: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Friday, September 3, 2004, 6:28:38 AM, you wrote: MB> Therefore, if it's okay, let's have a poll: MB> 1) For Smiley handles enclosed in colons : : MB> 2) For Smiley handles enclosed in brackets < > Smileys in colons would probably be easier for me to implement .. TBv.2.12.00 NT5 SP4 -- [

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Mary! On Saturday, September 04, 2004, 11:46 AM, you wrote: ASK>> Dunno - I just created my own smiley theme, and it contains a ASK>> ":-)" handle, of course! ;-) MB> That explains why I don't see it--neither in the default.msl nor MB> in the pcwsmileys.msl as downloaded (default with TB!,

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Alexander! On Saturday, September 04, 2004, 11:19 AM, you wrote: ASK>>> ... the smiley interpreter doesn't interpret anything in ,,, <> < ... > ASK> I mean - I placed "" as a handle there. Including the ASK> "chevrons" aka pointed brackets. Placing "*g*" is interpreted, ASK> however. Ah.

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Mary Bull, 04-Sep-2004 18:08, you wrote: MB>>> ASK>> ... the smiley interpreter doesn't interpret anything in ,,, <> > This is how it has always been. Take a look at the .msl files in The > Bat!/Images. TB! will only call the image as a text replacement for > the "handle," which you can

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Alexander! On Saturday, September 04, 2004, 10:42 AM, you wrote: MB>> ASK> ... the smiley interpreter doesn't interpret anything in ,,, <> This is how it has always been. Take a look at the .msl files in The Bat!/Images. TB! will only call the image as a text replacement for the "handle,

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Andre Wichartz, 04-Sep-2004 15:29, you wrote: > Sorry to jump in here, I just tested a little bit - here (v2.12) the smiley interpreter doesn't interpret anything in chevrons <> ... no no nothing, it just appears as-is... In addition, it only interprets smileys if they aren't following

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Andre, MB>> But, Andre, I use *asterisks* to indicate emphasis, > > I don't. And for exactly for that reason. If I need to show emphasis > which is seldom enough i use underscores. Traditionally on the net, asterisks mean *bold*, underscores mean _underlined_, slashes mean /italics/, etc.

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Andre! On Saturday, September 04, 2004, 8:29 AM, you wrote: MB>> :grin: Okay. < > 4 * * 1 MB>> But, Andre, I use *asterisks* to indicate emphasis, AW> I don't. And for exactly for that reason. If I need to show AW> emphasis which is seldom enough i use underscores. Well, I think I had

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Mary, On 3 Sep 2004 at 10:57:06 -0500 GMT [17:57 CEST] you wrote: MB> :grin: Okay. < > 4 * * 1 MB> But, Andre, I use *asterisks* to indicate emphasis, I don't. And for exactly for that reason. If I need to show emphasis which is seldom enough i use underscores. I realize I'm not coming

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Eric! On Friday, September 03, 2004, 1:38 PM, you wrote: MB>>> Let's see how many would truly prefer a change from MB>>> colon enclosures, and I'll get back to you. ASK>> Count me in as a pointed-bracket-preferer. :) E> And me. So that's: 5 for pointed-brackets, or angle-brackets, < >

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:33:55 +0200 GMT(03/09/2004, 16:33 + GMT), Alexander S. Kunz wrote: ASK> Hello Mary Bull, ASK> 03-Sep-2004 15:58, you wrote: >> Let's see how many would truly prefer a change from >> colon enclosures, and I'll get back to you. ASK> Count me in as a pointed-bracket-prefe

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hæ! Friday, September 3, 2004, 17:49, Andre Wichartz wrote: > I vote for * * :p Me too. ;) -- Kveðja! Thorvald Neumann | aesir media [The Bat! v2.12.03 without BayesIt on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4] > Listening to: DeutschlandRadio Berlin

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Andre! On Friday, September 03, 2004, 10:49 AM, you wrote: MB>> Therefore, if it's okay, let's have a poll: MB>> 1) For Smiley handles enclosed in colons : : MB>> 2) For Smiley handles enclosed in brackets < > AW> I vote for * * :p :grin: Okay. < > 4 * * 1 But, Andre, I use *asteris

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Mary, On 3 Sep 2004 at 08:28:38 -0500 GMT [15:28 CEST] you wrote: MB> Therefore, if it's okay, let's have a poll: MB> 1) For Smiley handles enclosed in colons : : MB> 2) For Smiley handles enclosed in brackets < > I vote for * * :p -- Cheers, The Bat! 2.12.00 on And

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Alexander! On Friday, September 03, 2004, 10:33 AM, you wrote: ASK> Count me in as a pointed-bracket-preferer. :) Okay, that puts the count at 4. Thanks a bunch for your response. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 3.0 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 __

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Mary Bull, 03-Sep-2004 15:58, you wrote: > Thank you so very much for your kind offer. Let's see how many would > truly prefer a change from colon enclosures, and I'll get back to you. Count me in as a pointed-bracket-preferer. :) -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - IC

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Allen! On Friday, September 03, 2004, 10:00 AM, you wrote: AD>>> As for :: v. <>, I really don't care either way. ... MB>> That was the impression I had in regard to many who are using MB>> Plain Text View, when the discussion took place on tbbeta. AD> Right--from plain-text side,

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Thomas! On Friday, September 03, 2004, 9:24 AM, you wrote: MB>> 2) For Smiley handles enclosed in brackets < > TF> I would like this better. Okay, including Roelof, this makes 2 openly expressing this preference so far. Thanks so much for responding. TF> I understand Allen's caveat abo

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Mary, On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 08:28:38 -0500 GMT (03/09/2004, 20:28 +0700 GMT), Mary Bull wrote: MB> 2) For Smiley handles enclosed in brackets < > I would like this better. I understand Allen's caveat about HTML tags, I'm just uttering a wish as a (plain text) user. <> *are* quite common, p

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Allen! On Friday, September 03, 2004, 8:43 AM, you wrote: MB>> As "Keeper of the Smileys," I can easily edit every handle of the MB>> PCWize Smileys "Smileys" page to have a brackets (< >) enclosure MB>> rather than a colons enclosure. It would be a bit time-consuming, MB>> but I can do tha

Re: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hello Roelof! On Friday, September 03, 2004, 7:48 AM, you wrote: MB>> This is the reason that all the handles on the Smileys page are MB>> enclosed in colons. I hope that 9Val will soon edit the MB>> default.msl file to enclose all handles in colons there. RO> Oh no, not colons, I'd prefer <> (d

No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

Hallo Mary, On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 07:31:32 -0500GMT (3-9-2004, 14:31 +0200, where I live), you wrote: MB> This is the reason that all the handles on the Smileys page are MB> enclosed in colons. I hope that 9Val will soon edit the default.msl MB> file to enclose all handles in colons there. Oh no, n