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   Richard Heathfield to David Brown   
   Re: A little puzzle.   
   22 Nov 22 11:07:03   
   
   From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 22/11/2022 8:17 am, David Brown wrote:   
   > On 21/11/2022 22:21, Ben Bacarisse wrote:   
   >> David Brown  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> On 21/11/2022 21:45, Ben Bacarisse wrote:   
   >>>> Do all the   
   >>>> news   
   >>>> readers used by programmers (or ex programmers) all respect   
   >>>> the presence   
   >>>> of a form-feed character...   
   >>>>    
   >>>> ... like this?  Because that's my favourite way, rather than   
   >>>> posting   
   >>>> lots of dummy lines before the solution.   
   >>>>   
   >   
   > Thunderbird seems to respect it when showing the posts.  I am not   
   > sure of the most convenient way to add one.  I'll try   
   > copy-and-pasting your FF character...   
   >   
   >  >>>    
   >   
   > Did that work?   
      
   The answer "no" springs to mind.   
      
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