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   Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK> Just  in case I remind people that long ago I had made a   
   AK> program for making good quoting in Fidonet echos, USENET   
   AK> group,  WEB  forums  etc.  Maybe it can be useful, or at   
   AK> least you can try it.   
      
   I have never heard of it before.   
      
   AK> The official page of the distributive is here:   
   AK> https://www.facebook.com/ReformatorQuoter   
   AK>   
   AK> or you can use the direct link to the zip at  my  google   
   AK> drive:   
   AK> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zHjMdx2CUDWzsKH5YvhICjzxAd8cdXIT   
      
   This is not a direct link, but one that leads to a page with   
   a "Download" button.  I trow Google Drive does  not  support   
   direct links at all...   
      
   The program is named "ReformatorQuoter" -- is it an intended   
   pun with "refomrer"?  I believe "QuoteReformatter" would  be   
   the  proper  English  name,  but  yours  is  certainly  more   
   creative.   
      
   The program is made in the best traditions  of  Windows  95,   
   and  even  works  on my Windows XP machine, which is rare in   
   our days of bloated software written for  virtual  platforms   
   such as .NET or Java.  I was a little disappointed to see it   
   distributed in the form of an installer  that  modifies  the   
   Windows   registry,   but   found   out   that   two   files   
   `reformator.exe' and `reformator.md5' constitute  a  working   
   portable version that does not require any installation.   
      
   In  what  language  did you write and have you published the   
   source code?   
      
   Reformator supports only one font in only two sizes:  8  and   
   10 pt. Whereas using a fixed font, if it is available on all   
   versions of Windows, is understandable,  the  limitation  of   
   font   size   cannot  be  justified,  considering  different   
   resolutions, displays, and eyesight of the users.  I suggest   
   that you let them set an arbitrary integer font size.   
      
   What  is  your  justification  algorithm, how does it select   
   spaces for stretching -- always from the right  end  of  the   
   line?   
      
   A  lot  of  vertical space is wasted because of the "Quoter"   
   tab.  Since it is the *only* tab  in  the  window,  why  not   
   remove it altogether?  It does not perform any function.  Or   
   do you plan to add more tabs?   
      
   The "Format+level" button  ignores  the  checkbox  "A  space   
   after  quoter's  symbol"  if  the  initials  are empty.  For   
   example, I get this:   
      
   >quotation   
      
   and cannot get this:   
      
   > quotation   
      
   Would that be bug?   
      
   There is no "Format-level" button that  could  decrease  the   
   level of quotation, which I think would be very useful too.   
      
   When  the initials are not empty, Reformator adds a space at   
   the beginning of each line, e.g.   
      
    AS> hey   
   instead of:   
   AS> hey   
      
   Is that the intended behavior?   
      
   I also have suggestions concerting  the  inteface,  such  as   
   using  postive  statements  ("Justify")  instead of negative   
   ones ("Do not justify"), and the English translation.  I can   
   share them too if you are interested.   
      
   By  and  large, Reformator is good program to supplement the   
   deficiencies of text editors  built  into  client  software.   
   Outlook,  for  example, is so defective that it cannot quote   
   at all and cannot be used without Reformator.   
      
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