[Evolution] Recognizing Arbitrary Message Quotations (was Re: [Evolution]Changing Quotation String?)

2001-11-14 Thread Jim Meyer
Howdy! It appears that an poorly worded query on my part spawned an interesting topic: how can we recognize arbitrarily quoted messages for purposes of colorization, requoting, and rewrapping? It feels like a potentially worthwhile approach is to spend some time trying to recognize attribution s

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-14 Thread Brett Johnson
On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 10:15, Mark Neill wrote: > > The nice thing about a regexp is that it can be as simple as "^>" (for > > those that just want something simple), or as complex as > > "^(([ ]|[A-Z])*[|>:}#])+" for those that want something more capable. > > This should be selectable then

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-14 Thread Mark Neill
> The nice thing about a regexp is that it can be as simple as "^>" (for > those that just want something simple), or as complex as > "^(([ ]|[A-Z])*[|>:}#])+" for those that want something more capable. This should be selectable then - Bob Smith isn't going to understand /^>/ inserts a >

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-14 Thread Brett Johnson
On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 09:30, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > No offense taken, however I don't know if I like the idea of a regex, > our target users are not perl hackers :-) The nice thing about a regexp is that it can be as simple as "^>" (for those that just want something simple), or as complex a

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-14 Thread Jeffrey Stedfast
On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 11:08, Brett Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 19:55, Mike Strock wrote: > > On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 12:25, Brett Johnson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 11:54, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > > No, it's not possible. I suppose we could add the feature but I > > > > perso

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-14 Thread Brett Johnson
On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 19:55, Mike Strock wrote: > On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 12:25, Brett Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 11:54, 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 pref

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-13 Thread Mike Strock
On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 12:25, Brett Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 11:54, 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 imposs

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-13 Thread Christian Borup
Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > PS. Wasn't there an internet standards draft that said quoted text > must/should (whatever) use "> " ? Well there is rfc2646 "The Text/Plain Format Parameter". I cannot recall others offhand. ./borup ___ evolution maillist

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-13 Thread Ujwal S. Sathyam
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 t

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-13 Thread Austin Gonyou
Perhaps, because of some people's preferences, they would prefer that, over pretty stuff. I like it the way it is, but again, in the OSS spirit, "Choice is nice." On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 12:54, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > No, it's not possible. I suppose we could add the feature but I > personally am

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-13 Thread Brett Johnson
On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 11:54, 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 t

Re: [Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Stedfast
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 messa

[Evolution] Changing Quotation String?

2001-11-13 Thread Jim Meyer
Hello! I was curious if it is possible to change the string which precedes quoted replies. Is it? =] --j -- Jim Meyer, Geek At Large [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/