On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 07:24:14AM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote:
>
> I want to have my replies look like the following example:
>
> +------------------
> | Hi
> |
> | Can anyone tell me the format to define a variable(for
> | the CVS server) in the inetd.conf file?
> +------------------
This will break software that uses the defacto standard "> " for
quoting. For example, I routinely use smart formatting in Jed to strip
the leading "> "s, reformat the long lines that someone sent, and
reinsert the "> "s, all with a single keystroke. It makes messages,
especially those with "orphans," much easier to read. Non-standard
quoting would break this feature which I use many times a day.
>From .muttrc:
# Name: indent_string
# Type: string
# Default: "> "
#
#
# Specifies the string to prepend to each line of text quoted in a
# message to which you are replying. You are strongly encouraged not to
# change this value, as it tends to agitate the more fanatical netizens.
Regards,
-rex
