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

2004-09-05 Thread Andre Wichartz
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)

2004-09-04 Thread Andre Wichartz
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)

2004-09-04 Thread Mary Bull
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 noticed

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

2004-09-04 Thread MAU
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)

2004-09-04 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Andre Wichartz, 04-Sep-2004 15:29, you wrote: g Sorry to jump in here, I just tested a little bit - here (v2.12) the smiley interpreter doesn't interpret anything in chevrons ... no g 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)

2004-09-04 Thread Mary Bull
Hello Alexander! On Saturday, September 04, 2004, 10:42 AM, you wrote: MB g 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)

2004-09-04 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Mary Bull, 04-Sep-2004 18:08, you wrote: MB g 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 read in

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

2004-09-04 Thread Mary Bull
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 g as a handle there. Including the ASK chevrons aka pointed brackets. Placing *g* is interpreted, ASK however. Ah. I see. I

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

2004-09-04 Thread Mary Bull
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[2]: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

2004-09-04 Thread Lynn
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)

2004-09-04 Thread Mary Bull
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 .. Enclosed in

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

2004-09-04 Thread Lynn
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

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

2004-09-04 Thread Allie Martin
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: No more colons (was: Re: TB v3.0 is still a Beta whether RL likes it or not)

2004-09-04 Thread Allie Martin
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

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

2004-09-03 Thread Roelof Otten
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, not

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

2004-09-03 Thread Mary Bull
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 (don't

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

2004-09-03 Thread Mary Bull
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 that, and I have

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

2004-09-03 Thread Thomas Fernandez
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,

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

2004-09-03 Thread Mary Bull
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 about

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

2004-09-03 Thread Mary Bull
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, it

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

2004-09-03 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
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 - ICQ

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

2004-09-03 Thread Mary Bull
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)

2004-09-03 Thread Andre Wichartz
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 Andre

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

2004-09-03 Thread Mary Bull
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 *asterisks* to

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

2004-09-03 Thread Thorvald Neumann
Hæ! Friday, September 3, 2004, 17:49, Andre Wichartz wrote: I vote for * * :p Me too. ;) -- Kveðja! Thorvald Neumann | aesir media http://www.aesir.de/ [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)

2004-09-03 Thread Eric
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-preferer.

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

2004-09-03 Thread Mary Bull
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, 1