Hi all,
On Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 10:33:25 PM (-5 GMT), Thomas scribbled:
SL>> This would be bad since it would break many other clients. TB, for
SL>> example, uses that character as a signal to color the quote line differently.
SL>> Other applications to the same thing. TB also knows that lines that have > in
SL>> the first few characters are quotes and will wrap them correctly. Other
SL>> applications do this as well. Allowing the user to choose a quote character
SL>> willy-nilly breaks that de-facto standard across the board.
> I wasn't aware of the de-facto standard, but now that you mention
> it...<g> - there is actually nothing wrong with the ">".
Actually I wasn't planning to use another quote prefix apart from the
standard. I suggested the feature because I get a lot of messages
without the standard ">" quote prefix which messes up the color coding.
I notice that clients that offer a customizable quote prefix don't run
into problems with color coding when dealing with messages with unusual
quote prefixes. As I said anyway the overwhelming majority use these
others :, |, or combinations thereof.
The paste as quote custom would be handy though. I could insert
appropriately insert initials manually when pasting a quote from
someone's mail message. :-)
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Regards,
-=Ali=-
>>> Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. <<<
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