Is there any available add-on to do this? I notice that some people
regularly have <snipped> in their offerings, which suggests to me software-snipped; at least when you compare them to my snippings, which
are crude, bad PR and leave me feeling guilty and antisocial.
Is there any available add-on to do this? I notice that some people
regularly have <snipped> in their offerings, which suggests to me software-snipped; at least when you compare them to my snippings, which
are crude, bad PR and leave me feeling guilty and antisocial.
Ed
Is there any available add-on to do this? I notice that some people
regularly have <snipped> in their offerings, which suggests to me software-snipped; ...
I notice that some people regularly have <snipped> in their offerings,
which suggests to me software-snipped;
Is there any available add-on to do this?
at least when you compare them to my snippings, which are crude, bad PR
and leave me feeling guilty and antisocial
Is there any available add-on to ...
I just use '[...]' in my editor (vim), J. P. Gilliver over in alt.windows7.general uses '[]'.
In article <uti25a$2d3q6$1@dont-email.me>, sticks wrote...
Doing so and hitting followup opens a
response with only the portion you have highlighted in it.
It works! (Gravity)
Doing so and hitting followup opens a
response with only the portion you have highlighted in it.
In my client (Gravity), if you select a passage and then hit "Follow Up" the client quotes only what was highlighted. Which is neat!
BTW, I commend you for your efforts! Especially this group could do
with better 'snippers'/snipping as there are many ridiculously long
responses without any snipping, often only adding relatively little new
text, sometimes even just one or two lines.
Is there any available add-on to do this? I notice that some people
regularly have <snipped> in their offerings, which suggests to me >software-snipped; at least when you compare them to my snippings, which
are crude, bad PR and leave me feeling guilty and antisocial.
Ed
In message <uti1k4.1s0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>, Frank Slootweg ><this@ddress.is.invalid> writes
<snip - manually added>
BTW, I commend you for your efforts! Especially this group could do
with better 'snippers'/snipping as there are many ridiculously long >>responses without any snipping, often only adding relatively little new >>text, sometimes even just one or two lines.
Hear, hear!
In article <MPG.40676e1e16c741b1989abd@news.eternal-september.org>, Philip >Herlihy wrote...
In article <uti25a$2d3q6$1@dont-email.me>, sticks wrote...
Doing so and hitting followup opens a
response with only the portion you have highlighted in it.
It works! (Gravity)
That was actually a rather inexpert bit of quoting. To clarify:
In my client (Gravity), if you select a passage and then hit "Follow Up" the >client quotes only what was highlighted. Which is neat!
Ed,
I notice that some people regularly have <snipped> in their offerings,
which suggests to me software-snipped;
No, its all manually done. Its just way of the responder to say "I mean the >whole block, off of which I only quoted the first few lines".
Is there any available add-on to do this?
Well, I could imagine that such an add-on could remove all but the first X >lines of what you quoted, but as you where already selecting what you wanted >to quote ... :-)
And maybe sometimes you really wanted that big quote (and sometimes its >needed).
at least when you compare them to my snippings, which are crude, bad PR
and leave me feeling guilty and antisocial
If you would *really* be a bad quoter than people would have told you by
now. If/as they have not ... well, it probably means you're not doing too >badly. :-)
You know what I dislike ? Those people who "quote" the whole previous >message just to add a line or two at the top or bottom. Blergh.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:50:19 +0000, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk>Me too. I thought it was understood what <snip> meant.
wrote:
Is there any available add-on to do this? I notice that some people
regularly have <snipped> in their offerings, which suggests to me
software-snipped; at least when you compare them to my snippings, which
are crude, bad PR and leave me feeling guilty and antisocial.
I do it with things called "fingers" that tap on something called a "keyboard" assisted by a "mouse" and loads of layers of software.
It seems to work for me.
I've never seen an actual tool for the job.
I simply highlight the bits I'm removing from the reply I'm sending, deleted them, add "<<snipped>>" in case the next reader didn't read
the original message and type on from there.
I thought that was how *everyone* did it?
J.
Ed
On 3/22/24 01:53 PM, John wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:50:19 +0000, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk>Me too. I thought it was understood what <snip> meant.
wrote:
Is there any available add-on to do this? I notice that some people
regularly have <snipped> in their offerings, which suggests to me
software-snipped; at least when you compare them to my snippings, which
are crude, bad PR and leave me feeling guilty and antisocial.
I do it with things called "fingers" that tap on something called a
"keyboard" assisted by a "mouse" and loads of layers of software.
It seems to work for me.
I've never seen an actual tool for the job.
I simply highlight the bits I'm removing from the reply I'm sending,
deleted them, add "<<snipped>>" in case the next reader didn't read
the original message and type on from there.
I thought that was how *everyone* did it?
J.
Ed
In my client (Gravity), if you select a passage and then hit "Follow Up" the client quotes only what was highlighted. Which is neat!
You know what I dislike ? Those people who "quote" the whole previous message just to add a line or two at the top or bottom. Blergh.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
Almost as bad as top-posters.
Almost as bad as top-posters.
I don't top-post, although I do see much worse. Especially posting
at the bottom of a really long quote you failed to snip.
Me too. I thought it was understood what <snip> meant.
Well, to be a little fair to non-UKlanders and other
non-English-speakers, "snip" can mean "to say something curtly,
rudely or nastily" or something like that.
Yes. Its worse when they put those lines at the bottom. Then you have to scroll through multiple screens of stuff you've already read to find out
if there's ANYTHING new in this post.
Though I recently saw someone put his two sentences of reply smack in
the middle of the whole post.
Which I sometimes do to reply to a specific point.
However I always try to put a line space above & below so it shows
more easily.
Though I recently saw someone put his two sentences of reply smack in the middle of the whole post.
Have you tried running your mouse over and highlighting the portion of a
post you wish to respond to? Doing so and hitting followup opens a
response with only the portion you have highlighted in it.
[snip]
I don't top-post, although I do see much worse. Especially posting at
the bottom of a really long quote you failed to snip.
[snip]
Almost as bad as top-posters.
I don't top-post, although I do see much worse. Especially posting at
the bottom of a really long quote you failed to snip.
wasbit wrote:
On 21/03/2024 19:35, sticks wrote:
Have you tried running your mouse over and highlighting the portion
of a post you wish to respond to? Doing so and hitting followup
opens a response with only the portion you have highlighted in it.
Thanks. Nice tip.
Excellent tip.
I notice that it also adds a starter line for you; <person's name> wrote.
[snip]
You know what I dislike ? Those people who "quote" the whole previous
message just to add a line or two at the top or bottom. Blergh.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
Yes. Its worse when they put those lines at the bottom. Then you have to
scroll through multiple screens of stuff you've already read to find out
if there's ANYTHING new in this post.
[snip]|
You know what I dislike ? Those people who "quote" the whole previous
message just to add a line or two at the top or bottom. Blergh.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
Yes. Its worse when they put those lines at the bottom. Then you have to
scroll through multiple screens of stuff you've already read to find out
if there's ANYTHING new in this post.
sticks wrote:
On 3/23/2024 6:20 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
Excellent tip.
I notice that it also adds a starter line for you; <person's name>
wrote.
In case you haven't discovered it yet, I'll add this.
One of the things people might not like about doing this is it only
adds the last level of attribution in the quoted text. This is fine
if you only are responding to one person, or don't feel it is
necessary to name everyone involved in the post. Some people don't
like that. However, you can add the additional posters by also
holding the control key, (on TBird at least) and swiping left to right
highlighting the additional posters. Just keep control down until you
have everything you want highlighted, then click followup. You can
also highlight multiple areas of a post, though you have to be careful
as it can sometimes look a little off in location on the followup
post. Experiment a little and you'll see what I mean.
How do you carry out "swiping left to right highlighting the additional posters"?
Is there any available add-on to do this? I notice that some people
regularly have <snipped> in their offerings, which suggests to me software-snipped; at least when you compare them to my snippings, which
are crude, bad PR and leave me feeling guilty and antisocial.
sticks wrote:
On 3/23/2024 2:01 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
sticks wrote:
On 3/23/2024 6:20 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
Excellent tip.
I notice that it also adds a starter line for you; <person's name>
wrote.
In case you haven't discovered it yet, I'll add this.
One of the things people might not like about doing this is it only
adds the last level of attribution in the quoted text. This is fine
if you only are responding to one person, or don't feel it is
necessary to name everyone involved in the post. Some people don't
like that. However, you can add the additional posters by also
holding the control key, (on TBird at least) and swiping left to
right highlighting the additional posters. Just keep control down
until you have everything you want highlighted, then click followup.
You can also highlight multiple areas of a post, though you have to
be careful as it can sometimes look a little off in location on the
followup post. Experiment a little and you'll see what I mean.
How do you carry out "swiping left to right highlighting the
additional posters"?
So in this post, I first highlighted from "Excellent tip." down to
your question. It included material from sticks, and then Ed above
that, as well as your question. I then held down the control key and
swiped those two attribution lines. Everything I had highlighted was
included in the followup, after it first inserted the top attribution
line naming you.
Cool! I love it.
I feel there's probably even more hidden in that lost city of options.
You tell me to experiment, but you've probably already been there.
Are there other useful ploys?
Ed
Yes. Its worse when they put those lines at the bottom. Then you have to
No, you don't "have to." You can just ignore such a post, as I do.
scroll through multiple screens of stuff you've already read to find out
if there's ANYTHING new in this post.
However I always try to put a line space above & below so it shows
more easily.
Yes, thats another thing I've recently noticed. The reply placed smack against the quote, making it look as if its a single paragraph - with only the quote prefixes to figure out what is what. :-(
Maybeishouldthanjustreplywithoutspacesandseehowtheylikethat. :-)
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
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