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explorer "invalid page fault"
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:58:18 GMT, Aardvark
put finger to keyboard and composed: On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:17:43 +1000, Franc Zabkar wrote: On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:43:25 GMT, Aardvark put finger to keyboard and composed: |On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:45:33 -0400, PCR wrote: | | the pipe character looked just fine in my fake OE6 reader, I will honor | the requirements of your real one which can't seem to handle them. | |No newsreader,to my knowledge, is designed to handle a pipe instead of a |caret to indicate quoted lines of text. Forte Agent can do it. Tools - Options - Posting Messages - Composition Window - Prefix for Quoted Lines. Choose your own character. - Franc Zabkar Just look above at how using a pipe ****s up the formatting of the replies. Just because you can use a character other than the correct one to signify quoted lines doesn't mean you should. I made no value judgment. I merely pointed out that there are non-MS newsreaders that will allow you to specify your own quote characters. In fact my own use of pipes is confined to DOS and ASCII art. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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explorer "invalid page fault"
On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:21:14 +1000, Franc Zabkar wrote:
Just look above at how using a pipe ****s up the formatting of the replies. Just because you can use a character other than the correct one to signify quoted lines doesn't mean you should. I made no value judgment. I merely pointed out that there are non-MS newsreaders that will allow you to specify your own quote characters. In fact my own use of pipes is confined to DOS and ASCII art. As well it should be. :-) -- The month of March in this year of 2009 sees the centenary of the laying of the keel of the most famous (or infamous) ocean liner of all time, RMS Titanic, at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic |
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explorer "invalid page fault"
In message , Franc Zabkar
writes: [] Just because you can use a character other than the correct one to signify quoted lines doesn't mean you should. I made no value judgment. I merely pointed out that there are non-MS newsreaders that will allow you to specify your own quote characters. In fact my own use of pipes is confined to DOS and ASCII art. [] Do the newsreaders that allow non-standard characters as quote characters: (a) treat quote characters in a special way, i. e. "recognise" them as quote characters (i. e. treat quoted text differently, such as showing it in a different colour) (b) if (a) is "yes", do they recognise _non-standard_ characters in this way? (If so, how do they know?) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** "What terrible way to die." "There are no good ways." |
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explorer "invalid page fault"
In message , Franc Zabkar
writes: [] Just because you can use a character other than the correct one to signify quoted lines doesn't mean you should. I made no value judgment. I merely pointed out that there are non-MS newsreaders that will allow you to specify your own quote characters. In fact my own use of pipes is confined to DOS and ASCII art. [] Do the newsreaders that allow non-standard characters as quote characters: (a) treat quote characters in a special way, i. e. "recognise" them as quote characters (i. e. treat quoted text differently, such as showing it in a different colour) (b) if (a) is "yes", do they recognise _non-standard_ characters in this way? (If so, how do they know?) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** "What terrible way to die." "There are no good ways." |
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explorer "invalid page fault"
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:20:30 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
put finger to keyboard and composed: In message , Franc Zabkar writes: [] Just because you can use a character other than the correct one to signify quoted lines doesn't mean you should. I made no value judgment. I merely pointed out that there are non-MS newsreaders that will allow you to specify your own quote characters. In fact my own use of pipes is confined to DOS and ASCII art. [] Do the newsreaders that allow non-standard characters as quote characters: (a) treat quote characters in a special way, i. e. "recognise" them as quote characters (i. e. treat quoted text differently, such as showing it in a different colour) Agent can be configured to recognise quote characters. (b) if (a) is "yes", do they recognise _non-standard_ characters in this way? (If so, how do they know?) Tools - Options - Display - Message Body Pane - Quoted Text Markers You can add your own special characters. Agent appears to default to the following three - :| - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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explorer "invalid page fault"
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:20:30 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
put finger to keyboard and composed: In message , Franc Zabkar writes: [] Just because you can use a character other than the correct one to signify quoted lines doesn't mean you should. I made no value judgment. I merely pointed out that there are non-MS newsreaders that will allow you to specify your own quote characters. In fact my own use of pipes is confined to DOS and ASCII art. [] Do the newsreaders that allow non-standard characters as quote characters: (a) treat quote characters in a special way, i. e. "recognise" them as quote characters (i. e. treat quoted text differently, such as showing it in a different colour) Agent can be configured to recognise quote characters. (b) if (a) is "yes", do they recognise _non-standard_ characters in this way? (If so, how do they know?) Tools - Options - Display - Message Body Pane - Quoted Text Markers You can add your own special characters. Agent appears to default to the following three - :| - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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explorer "invalid page fault"
In message , Franc Zabkar
writes: [] (b) if (a) is "yes", do they recognise _non-standard_ characters in this way? (If so, how do they know?) Tools - Options - Display - Message Body Pane - Quoted Text Markers You can add your own special characters. Agent appears to default to the following three - :| [] [What does _that_ emoticon signify (-:] So presumably you add the ones used commonly in the emails/newsgroups you read often, and accept the occasional misinterpretation where someone else just happens to use one of those characters to start a line. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** "He marches to the beat of a different tuba" - Tom Galloway |
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explorer "invalid page fault"
In message , Franc Zabkar
writes: [] (b) if (a) is "yes", do they recognise _non-standard_ characters in this way? (If so, how do they know?) Tools - Options - Display - Message Body Pane - Quoted Text Markers You can add your own special characters. Agent appears to default to the following three - :| [] [What does _that_ emoticon signify (-:] So presumably you add the ones used commonly in the emails/newsgroups you read often, and accept the occasional misinterpretation where someone else just happens to use one of those characters to start a line. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** "He marches to the beat of a different tuba" - Tom Galloway |
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