r J Metz
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> Date: 15/06/2020 18:27
> Subject:[EXTERNAL] Re: WP vs MS [was:: Quote style (was: ...
> Passive FTP ... )]
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> I started using LyX and decided that it was e
] Re: WP vs MS [was:: Quote style (was: ...
Passive FTP ... )]
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I started using LyX and decided that it was easier to just write my own
LaTeX markup. I know longer recall what the issues are, but I use,
e.g.,embedded images (
h
Re: WP vs MS [was:: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )]
On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 11:44 PM Farley, Peter x23353 <
peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote:
> And WP still exists and is still thriving, AFAICT. I run WP X8 on my home
> machines, and version X9 is out since last year. I
On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 11:44 PM Farley, Peter x23353 <
peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote:
> And WP still exists and is still thriving, AFAICT. I run WP X8 on my home
> machines, and version X9 is out since last year. I just haven't upgraded
> yet.
>
> Use WP reveal codes on any reasonably
S. WP has done it right and easy
forever.
Peter
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Bridges
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Old WP users, among whom I count mys
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Old WP users, among whom I count myself, mourn the loss of reveal-codes mode.
When my company switched from WP to Word (which I still think was largely my
fault), I judged that Word was easier to use for the easy things
+1
Charles
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As a Californian, I have a special
I remember that! It was fun to add a line in the middle of a group
email (that ended up way too long) such as, "If you got this far come to
my desk for a free coke". A few minutes later Stuart (and only Stuart)
would arrive at my desk demanding payment.
On 6/14/2020 12:19 PM, Stuart Holland
uel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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Tom would sometimes send long notes, and occasionally put something in
the middle to see if anyone actually read it. I would usually be the
first (or only) person to respond to whatever he stuck there. So Tom:
the recent "Where's Waldo?" pictures I have seen have him standing
pretty much by
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Tony Thigpen
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On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 21:42:00 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote:
>...
>Notice how you can clearly see what was your comment, and how my
>responses direct
On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 21:42:00 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote:
>...
>Notice how you can clearly see what was your comment, and how my
>responses directly relate to parts of your comment?
>
But only if your MUA distingushes quoted material. Am I a Luddite for
eschewing HTML coloring (and even
: Saturday, June 13, 2020 11:08 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )
Old WP users, among whom I count myself, mourn the loss of reveal-codes
mode. When my company switched from WP to Word (which I still think was
largely my fault), I judged that Word
On 6/13/20 11:46 AM, Bob Bridges wrote:
Wait - is bottom-posting a thing?
Yes! Very MUCH so!
I've always assumed that bottom-posters are just careless; they read
down to a certain point, and then type in their responses without
thinking about where.
I'm sure there are some that are as
PM
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Subject: Re: Quote style
In Outlook, it's File -> Options -> Mal, scroll down a bit to Replies and
Forwarding
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> Behalf Of Jackson, Rob
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 11:58
Yes, they do sometimes.
I got into the habit of cleaning up emails before replying to them: removing
signatures, some of the headers (but always leaving the From and Date
lines), sometimes even some of the content, as some of us do here. But I
had a boss recently who objects strenuously to that
Old WP users, among whom I count myself, mourn the loss of reveal-codes
mode. When my company switched from WP to Word (which I still think was
largely my fault), I judged that Word was easier to use for the easy things
- italics and bold at keystroke, for instance - but harder to control for
the
In Outlook, it's File -> Options -> Mal, scroll down a bit to Replies and
Forwarding
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> Behalf Of Jackson, Rob
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 11:58 AM
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Initials>, really? I didn't know anyone else does that. My best friend in
high school moved to another state, and we started writing long letters to
each other, swapping a little news but mostly debating religion. (He'd
become an agnostic at about the time I became a religious fanatic.) When
On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 22:07:05 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote:
>And, I have worked for companies that required you to leave all the
>previous emails being quoted.
>
That's what archives are for. That's what "In-Reply-To:" headers are for.
A companiy having such a concern should provide a viewer that
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Tony Thigpen [t...@vse2pdf.com]
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The point being that they were using a standard
Thigpen [t...@vse2pdf.com]
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> Wait - is bottom-posting a thing?
YES! The old newsgroup specification said bottom-posting was required.
Back when I started using Thunderbird as an
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Subject: Re: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )
I'm no fan of Outlook, but top-posting doesn't bother me either. When it's
necessary to address points, I say, see below. At least Outlook has HTML, so I
generally change the font/color of my interleaved responses. Oh well.
Fir
, June 13, 2020 9:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )
I'm kind of rabid about including options in the programs I write, pretty much
any option I can think might be useful if it isn't too hard to write in. How
can ~I~ know what the user will find
I'm kind of rabid about including options in the programs I write, pretty much
any option I can think might be useful if it isn't too hard to write in. How
can ~I~ know what the user will find useful? So if I can ask, that's great,
but sometimes it's not possible.
Maybe Microsoft overdoes it
pdf.com]
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> Wait - is bottom-posting a thing?
YES! The old newsgroup specification said bottom-posting was required.
Back when I started using Thunderbird as an email client (a
] on behalf of Tom
Brennan [t...@tombrennansoftware.com]
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Tom's opinion: Top posting is like a meeting where one person talks,
everybody hears it, and the conversation continues without having to
explain
u/~smetz3
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Wait - is bottom-posting a thing? I'
, June 13, 2020 1:32 PM
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Subject: Re: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )
I'm no fan of Outlook, but top-posting doesn't bother me either. When it's
necessary to address points, I say, see below. At least Outlook has HTML, so I
generally change the font/color
st [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of
Charles Mills [charl...@mcn.org]
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What is it with tech bulletin boards and the fuss about top-posting? I will bet
I have gotten tens
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On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:17:11 +, Jackson, Rob wrote:
>My cruddy email application (Outlook) doesn't do the >-style quoting (or at
>least I don't know how to make it), so let me try below with tabs; it will
>prob
Le 13/06/2020 à 22:13, Tony Thigpen a écrit :
>> Wait - is bottom-posting a thing?
> Also, back in those days, it was clearly pointed out to the developers
> that their "so called" standard was for newsgroups, not email but they
> were stuck deep in their "we know what is right" mode. They also
> Wait - is bottom-posting a thing?
YES! The old newsgroup specification said bottom-posting was required.
Back when I started using Thunderbird as an email client (around 2002?),
TB forced you to bottom-post and it took a special hidden option to
allow top-posting. And, it did not really
On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 10:21:19AM -0700, Charles Mills wrote:
> What is it with tech bulletin boards and the fuss about top-posting?
> I will bet I have gotten tens of thousands of business e-mail
> replies in my life and every single one of them was "top-posted."
Business: building roads too
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Tom's opinion: Top posting is like a meeting where one person talks, everybody
he
First Horizon Bank
Mainframe Technical Support
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Paul Gilmartin
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On 6/13/2020 10:57 AM, Pew, Curtis G wrote:
On Jun 13, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
Wait - is bottom-posting a thing? I've always assumed that bottom-posters are
just careless; they read down to a certain point, and then type in their
responses without thinking about where. Are
rday, June 13, 2020 9:54 AM
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Subject: Quote style (was: ... Passive FTP ... )
On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:17:11 +, Jackson, Rob wrote:
My cruddy email application (Outlook) doesn't do the >-style quoting (or at
least I don't know how to make it), so let me try below with ta
On 2020-06-13, at 11:21:19, Charles Mills wrote:
>
> What is it with tech bulletin boards and the fuss about top-posting?
>
In some part tradition.
> I will bet I have gotten tens of thousands of business e-mail replies in my
> life and every single one of them was "top-posted."
>
> What is
On Jun 13, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
>
> Wait - is bottom-posting a thing? I've always assumed that bottom-posters
> are just careless; they read down to a certain point, and then type in their
> responses without thinking about where. Are you saying that some people post
> at
Wait - is bottom-posting a thing? I've always assumed that bottom-posters are
just careless; they read down to a certain point, and then type in their
responses without thinking about where. Are you saying that some people post
at the bottom ON PURPOSE?!
Why, for heaven's sake?
---
Bob
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What is it with tech
even get me started on Domain
Policies.
First Horizon Bank
Mainframe Technical Support
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Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 12:54 PM
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vant stuff -- the new stuff -- at the BOTTOM???
I *like* Outlook.
Charles
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Of Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 9:54 AM
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Subject: Quote style (was: ... P
On Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:17:11 +, Jackson, Rob wrote:
>My cruddy email application (Outlook) doesn't do the >-style quoting (or at
>least I don't know how to make it), so let me try below with tabs; it will
>probably be ugly.
>
Does First Horizon require you to use Outlook? I mostly post
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