Subject: Re: How can you get rid of the ">" character

From: [email-masked] (Randell Pelak)
Date: 16 May 1996 02:56:20 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, Zach Cox <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Hello...
>
>I like seeing the ">" character to the left of messages that I respond 
>to, it is a good way to keep track of who-said-what...  However, there 
>is one case where it would be nice if I could delete all the ">" 
>characters without editing each line and at the same time respond to the 
>message without having them inserted...  That case is when a particular 
>bit of text will be almost the same in each mesages and that message is 
>being constantly passed back and forth between two people...  Like a  
>e-mail chess game
>
>TIA
>
>Zach
>
>

Hello. (Thought I would say hi first.)  I don't know about using pinefor
all of this but the editor be it vi or pico or whatever, can certainly help
out.  In VI could programa  key to do that, but I am gonna bet you are
using pico, so if it were me, I would create a file with the always
included information, and simply include the file into the mail after I
respond.  That way it would have no >'s before it.  The only problem is
that you will still have the copy that was sent to you with one set of >'s
before it.  But deleting those lines has to be easier then deleting those
>'s on every line.  

Another thing, I was thinking why would I have to include anything over and
over agian, if it is the same they already know what it says, but if you
are taling about the chess board, which is the same excepte for the one
piece you move, or such, then the include file would be great, except you
would need to update it after each move.  Anyway, you can think that all
through yourself.  But PINE cannot remove the >'s in some of the reply and
not other parts, that I can tell you and as for simply not having them, if
it is there it is REAL obscure, because I have never seen it.

Hope I am helping,

DragonKnight 

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From: [email-masked] ( )
Date: 21 May 1996 03:32:23 GMT

Pine 3.92 will do this for you...
go into S)etup, C)ongif, look for reply-indent-string and put whatever 
makes ya happy in there... also, if you don't have 3.92 or higher, I can 
send you a script to do this...

Damore
[email-masked]
http://w3.gti.net/pegboy

TRAN Huu Da ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Un jour, Zach Cox ([email-masked]) a spéculé sur:

: | I like seeing the ">" character to the left of messages that I respond 
: | to, it is a good way to keep track of who-said-what...  However, there 
: | is one case where it would be nice if I could delete all the ">" 
: | characters without editing each line and at the same time respond to the 
: | message without having them inserted...  That case is when a particular 
: | bit of text will be almost the same in each mesages and that message is 
: | being constantly passed back and forth between two people...  Like a  
: | e-mail chess game

: You can use the alternate-editor to do that. Just use a script to take 
: out the leading '>'. Then, whenever you get that mail, just call the 
: alternate editor (^_).

: HTH..
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From: [email-masked] (Zach Cox)
Date: 15 May 1996 11:27:36 GMT

Hello...

TIA

Zach

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From: [email-masked] (TRAN Huu Da)
Date: 20 May 1996 19:11:14 GMT

Un jour, Zach Cox ([email-masked]) a spiculi sur:

| I like seeing the ">" character to the left of messages that I respond 
| to, it is a good way to keep track of who-said-what...  However, there 
| is one case where it would be nice if I could delete all the ">" 
| characters without editing each line and at the same time respond to the 
| message without having them inserted...  That case is when a particular 
| bit of text will be almost the same in each mesages and that message is 
| being constantly passed back and forth between two people...  Like a  
| e-mail chess game

You can use the alternate-editor to do that. Just use a script to take 
out the leading '>'. Then, whenever you get that mail, just call the 
alternate editor (^_).

HTH..
__________________________________________________________________________
   TRAN, Huu Da                          mailto:[email-masked]
   B.Sc info (2e année)            http://www.jsp.umontreal.ca/~tranhu/
   Université de Montréal       http://libertel.montreal.qc.ca/~tranhu/
----->   C'est sûrement pas l'université qui partage mes opinions   <-----

La seule différence entre un caprice et une passion est que le caprice
dure un peu plus longtemps.                                    -- O. Wilde