On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 12:49:17PM -0800, Will Yardley (dis)graced my inbox with:
> Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote:
> > I just thought it was funny that you were being intolerant about quote
> > strings, and then in the same email, your sig says intolerant people
> > should be shot.
>
> hrmm perhaps you
Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote:
>
> I just thought it was funny that you were being intolerant about quote
> strings, and then in the same email, your sig says intolerant people
> should be shot.
hrmm perhaps you have never heard of irony or sarcasm then?
w
On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 09:17:39AM +0100, Thorsten Haude (dis)graced my inbox with:
> * Rob 'Feztaa' Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-20 03:18]:
> >On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 08:49:47AM +0100, Thorsten Haude (dis)graced my inbox with:
> >> defeat the very purpose of the quote signs. Wenn ich auf einma
Moin,
* Rob 'Feztaa' Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-20 03:18]:
>On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 08:49:47AM +0100, Thorsten Haude (dis)graced my inbox with:
>> defeat the very purpose of the quote signs. Wenn ich auf einmal die
>> Sprache wecheln würde, nur damit es für *mich* klarer ist was ich
>> schre
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 08:49:47AM +0100, Thorsten Haude (dis)graced my inbox with:
> defeat the very purpose of the quote signs. Wenn ich auf einmal die
> Sprache wecheln würde, nur damit es für *mich* klarer ist was ich
> schreibe, hätten die meisten anderen ebenfalls nichts davon.
I'm a little
Hi,
* Rob 'Feztaa' Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-18 00:02]:
>It's a quote string! Get over it!
My thoughts exactly.
Thorsten
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Question Authority!
Hi,
* David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-18 13:32]:
>Hey, he said it happenned with Crosspoint, and I'd never heard of it
>until we traded some email recently. If something of which I've never
>heard can do that, surely something of which I have might have the same
>shot!
Wrong network, wrong
Moin,
* David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-17 15:39]:
>While others may have said it, and some may even believe it, I don't
>get it.
It's simple, once you think about it: You don't quote your own
comments. Thus, you cannot set them apart.
>It makes sense to me to have a mixture of indent chars
Thomas, et al --
...and then Thomas Hurst said...
%
% * Rob 'Feztaa' Park ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
%
% > On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:39:29AM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my
% > inbox with:
% >
% > > Great! I predict the same thing with %_ and mutt. I look forward
% > > to the time when 80% o
Rob, et al --
...and then Rob 'Feztaa' Park said...
%
% On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:39:29AM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
% > % Hi,
% >
% > Hello!
%
% 'sup?
Still not much. Am I still making sense? :-)
%
% > % As others have noticed, uniqueness is a Bad Thing in today's email
* Rob 'Feztaa' Park ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:39:29AM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my
> inbox with:
>
> > Great! I predict the same thing with %_ and mutt. I look forward
> > to the time when 80% of everyone else will use mutt right along with
> > us -- and perhaps
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:39:29AM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
> % Hi,
>
> Hello!
'sup?
> % As others have noticed, uniqueness is a Bad Thing in today's email
> % environment.
>
> Admitted -- but I also see room for flexibility and configuration
> choices. I mean, c'mon, LookO
% tim lupfer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Dec 17 at 01:39PM Thorsten Haude wrote:
>
> > * David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-09 20:12]:
>
> could your attribution string be any more inane? I mean, come on, an
> asterisk? they just aren't IN anymore.
How about @? @'s always in :)
Oh, I k
* tim lupfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [17-12-2001 15:08]:
| On Dec 17 at 01:39PM Thorsten Haude wrote:
|
| > Hi,
|
| > * David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-09 20:12]:
|
| could your attribution string be any more inane? I mean, come on, an
| asterisk? they just aren't IN anymore. and brackets in
Thorsten, et al --
...and then Thorsten Haude said...
%
% Hi,
Hello!
%
% * David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-09 20:12]:
% We had an exchange on this one before, but the more I see it, the less
% I like it.
Fair enough.
%
% >It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990,
Cedric, et al --
...and then Cedric Duval said...
%
% Hi Thorsten, David, and all
Hello!
%
% % As others have said, you cannot set your comments apart by using a
% % different quote sign.
% % As others have noticed, uniqueness is a Bad Thing in today's email
% % environment.
%
% Well, the o
On Dec 17 at 01:39PM Thorsten Haude wrote:
> Hi,
> * David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-09 20:12]:
could your attribution string be any more inane? I mean, come on, an
asterisk? they just aren't IN anymore. and brackets in conjunction
with a dating mechanism so unfamiliar and unamerican? that
Hi Thorsten, David, and all
% As others have said, you cannot set your comments apart by using a
% different quote sign.
% As others have noticed, uniqueness is a Bad Thing in today's email
% environment.
Well, the one and only argument of David is the uniqueness? Then let's
defeat it.
I sugges
Hi,
* David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-12-09 20:12]:
We had an exchange on this one before, but the more I see it, the less
I like it.
>It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990, before
>Linux had hit the scene (ca 1991, IIRC) and when the web was still a gleam
>in Tim's eye
Ok, here I am going to explain it again david, you don't get it ;)
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 07:59:52AM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
> % > % who uses email. And we need to devise a way so that when we quote email,
> % > % we quote it with _their_ quote character, not ours. That way w
Rob --
...and then Rob 'Feztaa' Park said...
%
% On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 06:33:03PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
% > % who uses email. And we need to devise a way so that when we quote email,
% > % we quote it with _their_ quote character, not ours. That way we know who
% > % wrot
Thomas --
...and then Thomas Hurst said...
%
% * David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
%
% > > > and finally posited> wrote it, not who's replying to it ;)
% > > ^^^ This is more than one character ;)
% >
% > Not if you encode it properly. After all, with nearly six billion
%
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 06:33:03PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
> % who uses email. And we need to devise a way so that when we quote email,
> % we quote it with _their_ quote character, not ours. That way we know who
> % wrote it, not who's replying to it ;)
>
> No, no, no... One
* David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > and finally posited> wrote it, not who's replying to it ;)
> > ^^^ This is more than one character ;)
>
> Not if you encode it properly. After all, with nearly six billion
> people on the planet and many of them with multiple persona
Sam, et al --
...and then Samuel Padgett said...
%
% David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
%
% > To set my comments apart from others' I started using %_ (the
...
% > within a few years all manner of quoting (most commonly : :_ |
% > |_ $ but occasionally % and %_ just like me) abounded.
%
% T
Rob --
...and then Rob 'Feztaa' Park said...
%
% On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:12:39PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
% >
% > Fair enough. Here ya go (with apologies to those who have seen this
% > recently :-)
% >
% > It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990, be
Cliff, et al --
...and then Cliff Sarginson said...
%
% On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:53:27PM -0700, Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote:
% > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:12:39PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
% > > % > Do you want my semi-canned answer, or should I just keep quiet on this
% > > % >
Rob --
...and then Rob 'Feztaa' Park said...
%
% On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 09:01:55PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson (dis)graced my inbox with:
% > >
% > Rob first said> Great, now all we need is a unique mail quote character for
everybody
% > and then continued with> who uses email. And we need to devi
Cliff --
...and then Cliff Sarginson said...
%
% On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:54:37PM -0500, David T-G wrote:
% >
% > ...and then Cliff Sarginson said...
% > %
% > % > It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990, before
...
% > % Errm, as explanations go, this isn't one that mak
David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> To set my comments apart from others' I started using %_ (the
> common notation for a trailing space, just like the From_
> header). I had, IIRC, already seen a few folks using | and
> within a few years all manner of quoting (most commonly : :_ |
> |_ $ b
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 09:01:55PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson (dis)graced my inbox with:
> > > I've simply kept it since then, and it's relatively unique and still
> > > recognizable.
> >
> Rob first said> Great, now all we need is a unique mail quote character for everybody
> and then continued with
Cliff --
...and then Cliff Sarginson said...
%
% > It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990, before
...
% > track of who said what when. To set my comments apart from others'
% > I started using %_ (the common notation for a trailing space, just
% > I've simply kept it
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:53:27PM -0700, Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:12:39PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
> > % > Do you want my semi-canned answer, or should I just keep quiet on this
> > % > one? :-)/2
> > %
> > % I want your answer, so I may decide on
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:54:37PM -0500, David T-G wrote:
> Cliff --
>
> ...and then Cliff Sarginson said...
> %
> % > It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990, before
> ...
> % > track of who said what when. To set my comments apart from others'
> % > I started using %_ (t
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:12:39PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
> % > Do you want my semi-canned answer, or should I just keep quiet on this
> % > one? :-)/2
> %
> % I want your answer, so I may decide on a suitable punishment :)
>
> Fair enough. Here ya go (with apologies to tho
Jesper --
...and then Jesper Holmberg said...
%
% David,
%
% Thank you for your explanation.
Sure thing!
%
% * On Sun Dec 09, David T-G wrote:
% % I've simply kept it since then, and it's relatively unique and still
% % recognizable.
%
% So the easiest way to make you stop doing it would b
David,
Thank you for your explanation.
* On Sun Dec 09, David T-G wrote:
% I've simply kept it since then, and it's relatively unique and still
% recognizable.
So the easiest way to make you stop doing it would be to imitate you? ;-)
Jesper
--
Jesper Holmberg|"But how
>
> Fair enough. Here ya go (with apologies to those who have seen this
> recently :-)
>
> It all started back in the Usenet news days of 1989 and 1990, before
> Linux had hit the scene (ca 1991, IIRC) and when the web was still a gleam
> in Tim's eye (ca 1991, as I was corrected the last time
Rob --
...and then Rob 'Feztaa' Park said...
%
% On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 01:55:35PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
% > % quoting character. Please give me (us) your semi-canned answer. I am
% > % seriously curious.
% >
% > Stay tuned.
%
% Tell us! Tell us! ;)
Not in this thread,
Thomas, et al --
...and then Thomas Hurst said...
%
% * David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
%
% > ...and then Thomas Hurst said...
% > > Seriously, what's so wrong with '> ' that it isn't acceptable for
% > > everyone? :)
% >
% > Do you want my semi-canned answer, or should I just keep quiet o
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 01:55:35PM -0500, David T-G (dis)graced my inbox with:
> % quoting character. Please give me (us) your semi-canned answer. I am
> % seriously curious.
>
> Stay tuned.
Tell us! Tell us! ;)
--
Rob 'Feztaa' Park
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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msg
Jesper --
...and then Jesper Holmberg said...
%
% * On Sun Dec 09, David T-G wrote:
% > % Seriously, what's so wrong with '> ' that it isn't acceptable for
% > % everyone? :)
% >
% > Do you want my semi-canned answer, or should I just keep quiet on this
% > one? :-)/2
%
% OK, I'll bite, becaus
* David T-G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> ...and then Thomas Hurst said...
> > Seriously, what's so wrong with '> ' that it isn't acceptable for
> > everyone? :)
>
> Do you want my semi-canned answer, or should I just keep quiet on this
> one? :-)/2
I want your answer, so I may decide on a suitab
* On Sun Dec 09, David T-G wrote:
> % Seriously, what's so wrong with '> ' that it isn't acceptable for
> % everyone? :)
>
> Do you want my semi-canned answer, or should I just keep quiet on this
> one? :-)/2
OK, I'll bite, because I've been wondering about your unorthodox choice of
quoting char
Thomas, et al --
...and then Thomas Hurst said...
%
% * Slava Pechenin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
%
% > I am trying to make Mutt quote my replies in the following "smart"
% > way: if original email is from "Tom Buddy" then quote string must be
% > "TB> ".
...
% Seriously, what's so wrong with '
* Slava Pechenin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I am trying to make Mutt quote my replies in the following "smart"
> way: if original email is from "Tom Buddy" then quote string must be
> "TB> ".
The problem with this sort of thing is some users like to use '>TB', so you end up
with crap like:
>
On Sun, 09 Dec 2001, Slava Pechenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Mutt Users,
>
> I am trying to make Mutt quote my replies in the following "smart" way:
> if original email is from "Tom Buddy" then quote string must be "TB> ".
>
> In ~/.muttrc :
> set indent_string=`indent.pl %n`
>
> But
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 10:05:52PM +0530, Prahlad Vaidyanathan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 Slava Pechenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the ether:
> > Hello Mutt Users,
> >
> > I am trying to make Mutt quote my replies in the following "smart" way:
> > if original email is from "Tom B
Hi,
On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 Slava Pechenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed into the ether:
> Hello Mutt Users,
>
> I am trying to make Mutt quote my replies in the following "smart" way:
> if original email is from "Tom Buddy" then quote string must be "TB> ".
Firstly, IMHO, it is not a very good idea t
Hello Mutt Users,
I am trying to make Mutt quote my replies in the following "smart" way:
if original email is from "Tom Buddy" then quote string must be "TB> ".
In ~/.muttrc :
set indent_string=`indent.pl %n`
But indent.pl receives ARGV[0] eq '%n', not 'Tom Buddy'.
What am I missing?
Thanks.
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