[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-18 Thread NoOp
On 02/17/2011 03:34 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2011-02-16 6:29 PM, NoOp wrote: Bottom posting (with appropriate snipping/intersperse etc) would be my choice. Aka 'in-line' posting... Well... I'm trying to learn big words. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/intersperse I suppose that we

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-18 Thread NoOp
On 02/17/2011 01:22 PM, Luuk wrote: OK, i'm no longer responding in this thread. (too many people talking about too many other things than top- or bottom- quooting ) (( including meself )) I'd rather see the 'educate Tom' posts in this thread instead of the thread drifts/hijacks in

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-16 6:29 PM, NoOp wrote: Bottom posting (with appropriate snipping/intersperse etc) would be my choice. Aka 'in-line' posting... -- Best regards, Charles -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread Tom Davies
See bottom for replies ... From: Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com To: users@libreoffice.org Sent: Thu, 17 February, 2011 11:34:25 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting On 2011-02-16 6:29 PM, NoOp wrote: Bottom posting

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/17 12:50 PM Tom Davies wrote: With my fairly standard web-based email-client it would be a nightmare. In what way? I just checked YahooMailWebService and it is simple to intersperse comments and to have proper quote attributes. If the list allowed html posts then i could do

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread T. R. Valentine
All -- Hasn't this issue been beaten to death ... and then some? -- T. R. Valentine Your friends will argue with you. Your enemies don't care. 'When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.' -- Erasmus -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-17 2:34 PM, T. R. Valentine wrote: Hasn't this issue been beaten to death ... and then some? I was about to agree, but I just saw a little twitch in one of the hind legs... hopefully my last whack will take care of it... :) -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-02-17 3:12 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: On 2011/02/17 1:34 PM Charles Marcus wrote: I'm sure Tom would welcome details, as I wasn't able to find a way to enable standard quote attributions or the use of the standard '' quote character... so, 'simple'...? Not quite... Not quite as simple

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-17 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/17 2:44 PM Charles Marcus wrote: Proper quote attribution only happens when you are using the 'Classic' version. The 'All-new' version doesn't work that way... I didn't try the 'All-new' version. I do not normally use the web interface for Yahoo Mail or Gmail. I download everything

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-16 Thread NoOp
On 02/15/2011 07:13 AM, Luuk wrote: Hi, When replying to a message on this list, What is the best method when talking abot quoting? Bottom quoting is what i like because it preserves the reading order of the story. ... Bottom posting (with appropriate snipping/intersperse etc) would be

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-15 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2011/02/15 11:38 AM Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Almost every office user i know (at least the few that use email) posts at the top of mails and leaves the previous posts dangling downwards along with any signatures. clip / Please fix the quoting in your email client. The above was written by

[libreoffice-users] Re: top- or bottom- quoting

2011-02-15 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-02-15 19:36, MR ZenWiz a écrit : On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Robert Holtzmanhol...@cox.net wrote: : Is there something wrong with educating new users? Only that it takes some effort, like bottom posting, being courteous, keeping logical threads, posting only what needs to be