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  Re: can you adjust your quoting thing
  By: August Abolins to August Abolins on Sun May 03 2020 18:01:00


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

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

it is :)

 AA> Thanks for the heads-up on the matter.

thank you :)

 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,
 ml>> though ;)

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

we can but why? i'm reading a message; i hit the reply button; i select the
lines i want to quote, hit enter, and then i'm in my editor to write my
reply... i'm doing this all online to my BBS... why would i want to do all
that copying and pasting back and forth?

if i'm reading using my point setup with golded, same thing... why do all that
when i have the tools at hand already? ;)


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