Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

["Ujwal S. Sathyam" <ujwal netbrowser com>]

On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 10:54, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> No, it's not possible. I suppose we could add the feature but I
> personally am not sure I like the idea. If people change the prefix,
> then it becomes impossible (not hard, but impossible) to colourize
> and/or do anything cool with quoted text in general.
>
> You'll notice that when you reply to a message, within the
> composer/message-view the quoted text is gray. This becomes impossible
> if we can't depend on the fact that the quoted text prefix is "> "
>
> Feel free to add the feature request (assuming it's not already there)
> to bugzilla.ximian.com, however realise that if the feature is
> implemented it will make other features not necessarily work properly.
>
> Jeff
>
> PS. Wasn't there an internet standards draft that said quoted text
> must/should (whatever) use "> " ?
>
> On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 10:09, Jim Meyer wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > I was curious if it is possible to change the string which precedes
> > quoted replies. Is it? =]
> > 
> > --j
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> > Jim Meyer, Geek At Large                              purp selequa com
> > 
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I agree with you completely, but was that what the initial poster was asking? I thought he was referring to changing the string:

"On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 10:54, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:"

to something else.

By the way, when I use HTML composing, the ">" thingy is not used to quote plain text mail.

Ujwal
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