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   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 07-09-15   
    On 2019 Apr 03 22:21:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    AA>>>>> Next, I might look into the quoting options. By default it is just   
    AA>>>>> the ">" char.  Not sure if I want the First Last initials look.   
      
    ml>>>> you should... it is the defacto FTN quoting standard... especially   
    ml>>>> if it adds new ">" to the right of existing ones which is another   
    ml>>>> defacto FTN quoting standard... i've been manually fixing them in   
    ml>>>> many of our posts back and forth...   
      
    AA> The above "quote" is for you.  ;)   
      
    :) it looks good :)   
      
    AA> (Accomplished with oxp config.  Maybe there should be a space after   
    AA> the ">" ?)   
      
   no... only the last one or else you end up eating a space after each ">" for no   
    good reason... that also takes away from what can be presented on each quoted   
   line... plus the nice compact form looks much better :)   
      
    ml>> ... the FTN way is totally alien and more advanced than what the 'net   
    ml>> offers...   
      
    AA> "advanced" ?? Hmmm..  It's certainly "different".   I personally like   
    AA> the initials method.  It leaves no doubt as to the author of the text.   
      
   yup, and that's the main point...   
      
    AA> But I also believe it's not entirely necessary (as mentioned and   
    AA> explained previously).   
      
   there's a consistancy thing, too... i remember on RIME/PCRelay, the quoting   
   stuff was a lot different... most of it was, as i recall, wrapped in boxes with   
    the attribution in the top of the box... i had several that i used at that   
   time... some even had 3D shadows... ANSI was used quite regularly, too...   
      
   eg: ASCII boxed quoting (can't do ""high ascii"" here)   
      
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     +--- august abolins wrote: ------------------------------------+   
     | "advanced" ?? Hmmm..  It's certainly "different".   I        |#   
     | personally like the initials method.  It leaves no doubt as  |#   
     | to the author of the text.                                   |#   
     +--------------------------------------------------------------+#   
      ################################################################   
      
     my response would be here...   
      
     +--- august abolins wrote: ------------------------------------+   
     | But I also believe it's not entirely necessary (as mentioned |#   
     | and explained previously).                                   |#   
     +--------------------------------------------------------------+#   
      ################################################################   
      
     more response here...   
      
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   it was pretty and fairly easy to read but when folks started adding all kinds   
   of colors, that took away from being able to concentrate on what was being   
   written...   
      
    ml>> ..you cannot tell that when you come along later and read the same   
    ml>> thread weeks later... especially if there's no initials and even   
    ml>> moreso if someone has trimmed out the attributions or someone's   
    ml>> editor didn't put attributions in in the first place...   
      
    AA> ..and the whole thing hinges on the use of full and proper FN LN for   
    AA> the whole thing to work.  I don't think Policy 4 states that real or   
    AA> any kind of two-part name with FN LN is even required.   
      
   it is certainly nothing to do with Policy... policy is for the network... not   
   the traffic carried other than commercial and spam/unwanted traffic...   
      
    AA> Were you ever a member of Compuserve and the discussion areas?   
      
   i used compuserve for a very little while... never really liked it...   
   especially since it was on a Model 100 with only a 40 character wide screen and   
    i think 10 lines tall...   
      
    AA> I liked the way their offline reader/editor handled block quotes  Very   
    AA> simple with just an opening "intials tag >" at the beginning of a   
    AA> block, and a closing "< initials tag" at the end.  This left the block   
    AA> to re-flow as required.   
      
   yeah, i've seen that format, too... it was OK but it was still easy to lose   
   parts... oh well... it also has to do with what one is used to, too... just   
   like trying out other software with different key bindings, one can get used to   
    it and become quite proficient...   
      
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