Monday, September 25, 2000, 9:21:12 PM, scriptur:
> Special Issue (#2000-343) - Topics This Issue:
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> 6) dealing with digests
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Hello List, I can't hide my lack of ba(t)sic knowledge here, but I
have noticed that the string "-- ", is sometimes called a standard
signature delimiter and is (therefore)important in stuff like the
%ISSIGNATURE macros.
It turns out that when replying to a list digest (such as the one I'm
receiving from TBUDL), Quoting-in-Reply (as defined by the %Quotes
macro in the Reply Template) will _only_ quote the digest up to the
first signature delimiter contained in any message digested. Which
means I cannot even quote the full digest in my reply (if only to cut
it down to what I want to refer to), unless.... - yes, what?
[ I've been experimenting with replies a bit, and the rule for the
delimiter seems to be that it is dash-dash-space _plus Enter/New
Line_. The following ones aren't:
J> --Best
J> -- Best
J> --
J> Best
- meaning they haven't been recognized as such and wouldn't have ended
the quote function; this may look surprising in the case of the third
example, the (invisible) reason being that the _space_ after dash-dash
is missing. - O.K., sorry to anyone who thinks this is obvious, but it
wasn't to me at first 'sight'... ]
Here's my Q: to you quoting and template experts:
How _can_ I include a quote of the full digest into my answer - not
that I'm generally intending to, don't worry - overriding the
individual standard signature delimiters ?
Any explanation or link appreciated!
PS:
(here's a fake one:)
--
Best,
Marc
v1.46c W95B PII266
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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