* On Fri, 17 May 2002, Gary Johnson wrote:
> Actually, since it's just text in the quote, I like having them
> in the same color as the rest of the quote, which is how I have
> my quote_regexp configured.
Are you referring to my quote of David's example, or the
original? :-)
> > But it looks to me like Mutt doesn't really know the depth of
> > a quote as it works now. For example, if you have a message
> > with _only_ "second-level" or higher quote prefixes (say "> >
> > "), Mutt still seems to start with the first-level color.
>
> It starts with the first-level color because a second-level or
> higher quote is part of a first-level quote. Having the first
> quote character in one color lets you see the scope of the
> entire quote.
I understand that, but I think you're talking about a message
with both first- and second-level quotes. My point was that if
you view a message such as the following (with no other text):
> > All lines in this message begin with at least *two*
> > greater-than signs (or other quote_regexp-matching
> > characters).
... then mutt uses the first-level color only, instead of the
second-level color, which might be expected. Maybe "start with"
was the wrong phrase to use.
> It doesn't really matter to me which way mutt does it. Each
> method has a logic behind it. It's more a matter of preference
> and what you might be used to from other tools.
True. And I think a lot of people use mutt in conjunction with
Vim, which seems to go by quote depth only (haven't looked into
reconfiguring this).
--
John
