Re: Pref - character for quoted text

[Ben Bucksch]

J. Moreno wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>    "Basic (LW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> I've a CSS hack that does something like what you suggest.
> 
[uses background image]

> Ben, any comments upon this?

Yes, well done, especially considering my outdated docs :-/.

Somebody suggested using char(something) instead of url(animage). Is 
that possible?

Observing the font size of the quoted text would be good.

Also, as akk already mentioned, using background shows problems during 
copy. In the clipboard, there won't be any indication that the text was 
quoted.

I istill believe that creating a :line-start pseudo-class or similar in 
Gecko would be the best solution, in part because I think, it would be 
generally useful, i.e. should be part of CSS3.

> Do you think it's feasible to use as the 
> default

No. I believe that in general, vertical bars are better than ">"s, 
especially if you know for sure that it is a quote.

> or as a standard pref at least?

Why a pref, if you can do it with a few CSS lines in your user stylesheet?