Subject: Changing the indent prefix

From: Bobby Sukumar <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 18:34:31 -0800

Is it possible to change the indent prefix from the '>' default. I use
Pine 3.91 for mail as well as news, and when I try to post a reply
shorter than the original, I get a posting error.

The workaround I have is to manually change the '>' to something different,
and the posting goes thru properly. Can this be done automatically without 
changing the source ?

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Disclaimer: My views should not be construed as that of my company.

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 20:10:20 -0500

On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, Bobby Sukumar wrote:

: Is it possible to change the indent prefix from the '>' default. I use
: Pine 3.91 for mail as well as news, and when I try to post a reply
: shorter than the original, I get a posting error.

    This problem does not seem to be one of Pine as such, but some 
message handlers.

: The workaround I have is to manually change the '>' to something different,
: and the posting goes thru properly. Can this be done automatically without 
: changing the source ?

    Yes.  About a month and a half ago I posted the following workaround.

Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 12:04:34 -0500
From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Newsgroups: comp.mail.pine
Subject: Re: Reply without ">" chars

On 7 Nov 1995 [email-masked] wrote:

| As far as I recall it, this is a define in the sources. So only recompiling 
  can change this.

| On 7 Nov 1995, Daniel Barton wrote:
| 
| > Here's one I haven't figured out, is there a way to reply to a note
| > and not have pine add ">" characters at the beginning of the line?
| > 
| > Thanks, Daniel

    It may not be necessary to recompile Pine, *IF* you are using Unix 
Pine.  I use the shell script below to change the '>' characters to 
something else when I wish to.  This technique works provided you are not 
already using the alternate editor feature of Pine.  To use it, go into 
Config and enable-alternate-editor.  For the alternate editor, specify 
the shell script.  Then just invoke Ctrl-_ to make the change.  I am not 
a sed expert (I got this from someone else), but I suppose you could 
easily change it to _delete_ the leading '>' rather than just substitute 
for it.

Paul
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#!/bin/csh -f
# Above line may be changed for an appropriate shell.
# For use on Un*x and Un*x-like systems only.
# Change the character(s) in the second set of double quotes
# to the desired mail/post-quoting character(s) (after
# the second slash).  Note that spaces are significant
# within each pair of double quotes.
sed s/"^> "/"| "/g < $1 > ~/pico.$$
cat ~/pico.$$ > $1
rm ~/pico.$$

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From: [email-masked] (Alan Brown)
Date: 26 Dec 1995 20:36:32 +1300

In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.951220182339.8312B-100000@cornelius>,
>shorter than the original, I get a posting error.

The quick answer is "edit more savagely"

Your news admin has chosen to enforce a 50% quoting rule. 

>and the posting goes thru properly. Can this be done automatically without 

Be glad Zie hasn't added the server patches which deal with people 
changing the quote character....

AB

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