Posted by Michael Fesser on 10/25/07 23:56

..oO(Steve)

>"Michael Fesser" <netizen@gmx.de> wrote
>>
>> I've bitten my tongue too often. ;-)
>
>i actually used to use a non-standard delimiter b/c it made things more
>readable in my newsreader. after you quite nicely asked if i'd change it for
>the benefit of all, we have the end result.

I can remember.

>i think you can give yourself a break on this subject - your tongue anyway.

;-)

I know about different kinds of delimiters. Some are quite common in
chatrooms and I've also used some of them years ago, but today most
newsreaders are programmed for '>' at the beginning of a line. That's
what makes a quote, like '-- ' makes a signature. It's just a common,
non-written standard, that helps to make Usenet a better place.

But this is _really_ OT here, so EOT.

Micha

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