Hello Thomas. Thanks for replying to my post. At 11:05 PM on Monday, December 31, 2001 you wrote the following on the posted subject 'Quotes':
JR>> TB! can automatically use a variety of prefixes to the '>' JR>> (or even replace the '>' with another character if you JR>> want to) via the use of %Quotestyle. Thomas> No, this is what you cannot do via the %QuoteStyle macro. See below. Thomas> In order to change the ">" to something else, a user on the German Thomas> list suggested to copy the text you want to quote into the clipboard, Thomas> and then paste it into your reply via a regex that adds a character of Thomas> your choice to the beginning of every line. JR>> To make matters really simple, if you *don't* use %QUOTESTYLE in JR>> your template the default is '>'. See below. Thomas> This is not quite correct. If you don't use the %QuoteStyle macro, the Thomas> default from the account will taken (Account / Properties / Templates Thomas> / Reply / Sender Information). The factory default is "Initials". ,----- [TB! Help File - quote style] | The style of the quotation prefix is initially defined by the Sender | information used for quotation option in the "Account | Properties | | Templates | Reply" dialog. Example (John A. Smith is used as the sender) | | | Option: Prefix | None > | Initials JAS> | Name John> | Last Name Smith> | First Initial J> | Full Name John A. Smith> | This can be overridden within the template using the %QuoteStyle macro. | '----- Therefore if I define a Quotestyle = xyz1234>>, that's what I should get. Here I've use %Quotestyle="=xyz1234>>" %QUOTES. See output below. xyz1234>>> No, this is what you cannot do via the %QuoteStyle macro. xyz1234>>> In order to change the ">" to something else, a user on the German xyz1234>>> list suggested to copy the text you want to quote into the clipboard, xyz1234>>> and then paste it into your reply via a regex that adds a character of xyz1234>>> your choice to the beginning of every line. JR>> To make matters really simple, if you *don't* use %QUOTESTYLE in JR>> your template the default is '>'. xyz1234>>> This is not quite correct. If you don't use the %QuoteStyle macro, the xyz1234>>> default from the account will taken (Account / Properties / Templates xyz1234>>> / Reply / Sender Information). The factory default is "Initials". > No, this is what you cannot do via the %QuoteStyle macro. This is what I get using %QUOTESTYLE="=" %QUOTES > In order to change the ">" to something else, a user on the German > list suggested to copy the text you want to quote into the clipboard, > and then paste it into your reply via a regex that adds a character of > your choice to the beginning of every line. And if I use no %Quotestyle, TB! refers to default templates, as it does in all cases, in which the above could apply if it were set up that way, no? I'm not quite sure what I'm missing & I would appreciate it if you would straighten me out whenever you get a chance. TIA -- Jan Rifkinson Ridgefield, CT USA TB! V1.54 Beta/18/W2K_SP2/PGP Key ID: 0x3F14A060 -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
