From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >>Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >>>Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >>>>Louis Epstein  wrote:   
      
   >>>>>>. . .   
      
   >>>>>(Some "standards" infuriate me,such as being prevented from   
   >>>>>quoting and commenting on someone's signature).   
      
   >>>>Who said you can't comment on whatever you care to?   
      
   >>>What I'm alluding to is the system whereby someone   
   >>>precedes a signature with a line starting "-- "   
   >>>and the newsreader thereby refuses to copy that or   
   >>>anything after it when one is attempting to quote   
   >>>the entire previous message and pare it down to what   
   >>>one is responding to (which should treat the signature   
   >>>as just as much fair game as previous text,IMO).   
      
   >>trn is from the same era as tin. I have to delete the quoted .sigfile   
   >>in followup manually.   
      
   >>Copy-n-paste into your followup; manually add quote characters.   
      
   >I don't use a mousey interface for my newsgroup reading.   
   >I edit with pico.   
      
   Shudder   
      
   Long lines just run off the end of the screen!   
      
   I use vim. I had been a long-time vi user.   
      
   >I can Ctrl-K/U delete/undelete but I can't undelete what   
   >tin has already deleted for me.   
      
   Ask in news.software.readers. If the default can be changed, someone   
   will know.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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