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Gerard [G] wrote:'
G> See my point? Because you marked text you already have indicated that
G> you want to use the marked text. Having to do "anything" different
G> from a normal reply is a double indication. But hen again I have
G> noticed a lot of "Belt & Braces" people on this list ;-)
Maybe I can shed some history on this.
TB! did not always support being able to quote only selected text on
replying. I among others suggested it, and also that it be
implemented the way you would prefer.
However, one particularly vocal user was against the implementation.
Not only did he think it unnecessary, but he explained how it also
got in his way while using his prior e-mail client that supported the
feature. He explained that while reading mail, he would often select
URL's or e-mail addresses to copy and paste them to other places.
Often, the snippet would remain in a selected state and then he hits
reply to see that only the selected URL/e-mail address has been
quoted. He resented the assumption being made that once text was
selected it automatically meant that only that text should be quoted.
He never personally intended it when he did it.
Clearly Ritlabs was listening in on the conversation and implemented
it in a way that made all parties happy. With the current
implementation, you have to use another command to quote selected
text only. The standard reply never assumes and will always quote all
text as indicated by the %quotes macro; nothing less.
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