Re: Quoting relevant material for response (was: Re: python vs perl lines of code)

2006-05-19 Thread Michael Tobis
OT, sort of, but... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If that > quoting mechanism is available on the web interface and I haven't found > it - I'd love to know how to use it. Click "show options" and THEN hit "reply". It's a bit counterintuitive, but the entire message to which you reply is then shown.

Re: Quoting relevant material for response (was: Re: python vs perl lines of code)

2006-05-18 Thread John Bokma
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > quoting mechanism is available on the web interface and I haven't found > it - I'd love to know how to use it. http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14213 > Also i use the threaded view on > the web client, so I have little trouble

Re: Quoting relevant material for response (was: Re: python vs perl lines of code)

2006-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Ben, I actually don't spend a whole lot of time on newsgroups. I don't use my gmail account and use the groups thru the web interface. If that quoting mechanism is available on the web interface and I haven't found it - I'd love to know how to use it. Also i use the threaded view on the w

Quoting relevant material for response (was: Re: python vs perl lines of code)

2006-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm, and I thought it was respectful to actually address someone you > are talking to. On Usenet, it's respectful to all readers if you give a short quoted passage from the message you're responding to, so we can follow the discussion with context