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 Message 1542 
 August Abolins to August Abolins 
 can you adjust your quoting thing 
 03 May 20 18:01:00 
 
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PID: OpenXP/5.0.43 (Win32)
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TZUTC: -0400
Hello mark!

** On Sunday 03.05.20 - 16:00, mark lewis wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> Hmmm.. The missing space does seem unusual. I'll have to take another
 AA>> look at the original when I get back to my openxp system.

 ml> in software that allows one to define the quote format, it is generally
 ml> caused by forgetting the trailing space...

I hadn't changed anything for months.  I don't know why (or when) the  
space disappeared in my replies.  The quote function is re-entered now  
with a fresh space after the symbol.  It looks like this reply is  
cooperating.

Thanks for the heads-up on the matter.


 AA>> Meanwhile..  Maybe you can use the tool referenced in my sig line.
 AA>> It does an amazing job "cleaning up" scattered quoted lines.  It
 AA>> does the nice indentations and extra .gt. signs where necessary.

 ml> it cannot work in a linux command line ssh or telnet terminal, though ;)

I thought Linux people could operate auxiliary programs in a VM (like in  
the good old OS2-Win days) and copy paste between apps.


  ../|ug

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