On Saturday, August 7, 2004 @ 7:44:09 AM, Darrin Rich wrote:
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rg Can't I highlight text in a received mssg then choose to forward to
rg reply to it and only have the highlight text quoted
Darrin Highlight the text and hit the F4 key.
Can this be done from a message opened from the
Some time around 08/07/2004 17:19:30, I think I heard Jan Rifkinson say:
rg May I suggest that if text in a received email is highlighted and then
rg a reply is initiated that it should be assumed that the reply is meant
rg to perform this F4 function by default?
huh? e... I think that's
Hello DZ-Jay,
On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 09:33:48 -0400 GMT (08/08/2004, 20:33 +0700 GMT),
DZ-Jay wrote:
rg May I suggest that if text in a received email is highlighted and then
rg a reply is initiated that it should be assumed that the reply is meant
rg to perform this F4 function by default?
huh?
,
and for convenience's sake, I will use Eudora, which offers the feature we are
discussing:
In Eudora, I can check an option in the configurations that will allow
selective-quoting when replying or forwarding. So the following occurs:
1. I open a message to read it.
2. I select a relevant piece
Hello DZ-Jay,
On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 12:14:10 -0400 GMT (08/08/2004, 23:14 +0700 GMT),
DZ-Jay wrote:
DJ 3. I hit the *standard* reply or forward buttons, *not* a
DJ special hot-key, or other function, but the regular buttons.
I see. The mouse approach, didn't think about that. You are right,
the
Some time around 08/08/2004 15:01:43, I think I heard rich gregory say:
hy an option? Let's look at it this way...
Is there ever any time that you might 1) highlight part of a message
then 2) hit either forward or reply and NOT want to include anything
other than what you've highlighted?
I
On Saturday, August 07, 2004 it appears that rich gregory
wrote the following in regards to selective quoting:
rg Can't I highlight text in a received mssg then choose to forward to
rg reply to it and only have the highlight text quoted, with the rest of
rg the original email ignored?
JR yes. F4
On Friday, August 06, 2004 it appears that rich gregory
wrote the following in regards to selective quoting:
rg Can't I highlight text in a received mssg then choose to forward to
rg reply to it and only have the highlight text quoted, with the rest of
rg the original email ignored?
yes. F4
Hi rich,
On 8/6/2004 4:38 PM my time, rich wrote:
rg Can't I highlight text in a received mssg then choose to forward to
rg reply to it and only have the highlight text quoted
Highlight the text and hit the F4 key.
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Is reading in the bathroom
tbudl,
I am not very familiar with the concept of selective uoting in
replies as I am used to just posting reply at top of message. It
seems like a very awkward process. Or is that a normal reaction to
someone who is new to doing this?
could someone explain how to do this or point me to a
what selective quoting is.
You type a reaction below the text your responding to like I'm
doing now.
When I select one part of a message to respond to, I hit F4 and can
write a reply, but the rest of the message disappears. Is the answer
simply cursoring through the message and leaving a blank
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Hello Mary,
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:14:46 -0500 your time, you said:
MAL ... It seems like a very awkward process. Or is that a normal
MAL reaction to someone who is new to doing this?
Yes, it takes a little bit more effort than just top
Hello Mary Anne,
on Wednesday 12 November 2003 20:14, you wrote:
I am not very familiar with the concept of selective uoting in
replies as I am used to just posting reply at top of message. It
seems like a very awkward process. Or is that a normal reaction to
someone who is new to doing
Hi Mary,
@12-Nov-2003, 14:14 -0500 (12-Nov 19:14 UK time) Mary Anne Lynskey
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MAL I am not very familiar with the concept of selective uoting in
MAL replies as I am used to just posting reply at top of message.
That can cause a problem where your reply
Hello Mary,
Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 11:14:46 AM, you wrote:
MAL When I select one part of a message to respond to, I hit F4 and
MAL can write a reply, but the rest of the message disappears. Is the
MAL answer simply cursoring through the message and leaving a blank
MAL line between the
Hello,
Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 9:14:46 PM, you wrote:
MAL could someone explain how to do this or point me to a place where I
MAL can read about it?
Copy the text you want to quote, and right click in the message
editor, click Paste as Quotation (Alt + Ins).
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of a message to respond to, I hit F4 and can
MAL write a reply, but the rest of the message disappears.
Yep, that's why it's called 'selective quoting', you select only the
part you want to reply to.
MAL Is the answer simply cursoring through the message and leaving a
MAL blank line between the quotes
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Hello wee,
On Friday, January 25, 2002 at 19:17:43 +, wee David [WD] wrote
concerning 'Selective Quoting':
...
wD Is it okay to reply to a message and start a new thread by using
wD [was original topic]
Yes no problem.
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Hello David van Zuijlekom,
On Friday, January 25 2002 at 12:28 PM PDT, you wrote:
wD Is it okay to reply to a message and start a new thread by using
wD [was original topic]
Yes no problem.
Actually no, because although you have made mention of the original
subject with your change, those
Hi Alan,
On Friday, January 25, 2002 at 12:41:08 [GMT -0800], you wrote:
AP I remember reading that that is not okay.. When starting a new
AP topic, start a new thread. Some people will not be following a
AP certain thread, so any new topics in that thread could be missed by
AP people.
That
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Hello Nick,
On Friday, January 25, 2002 at 12:42:52 -0800, Nick Andriash [NA]
wrote concerning 'Selective Quoting':
...
NA Actually no
Yes you're probably right. But I think it depends on how much the
subject is changed. If it's still related
Hello David van Zuijlekom,
On Friday, January 25 2002 at 02:16 PM PDT, you wrote:
Yes you're probably right. But I think it depends on how much the
subject is changed. If it's still related to the topic you can reply
to this thread, but if it's a complete different subject you better
start
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 14:19:27 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
Same reason I detested it in PMMail when they implemented it. I CP
something in a message to something else and then hit reply. Whoops, the
entire message isn't there. The assumption is that marked text in an email
client's read window
but made an optional instead of
a default behaviour.
Okay, Steve, what was your argument against selective quoting (ie. the
F4 function)? (I don't want to take issue with it, I just want to
understand the issues.) I'd prefer that this be another thing that can
be changed from some global options
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Wednesday, August 09, 2000, 3:04:49 PM, Kenneth wrote:
As I've said elsewhere, this should be a configurable
default to satisfy our different work styles.
It is configurable. You know you're going to quote selected, hit F4.
Personally my
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Wednesday, August 09, 2000, 2:53:08 PM, Kenneth wrote:
Okay, Steve, what was your argument against selective quoting (ie. the
F4 function)?
Sent to you before you even asked this question. ;)
argument on this list seems to be over what
Wednesday, August 09, 2000, 4:53:08 PM, Kenneth Porter, wrote:
KP (Much of the
KP argument on this list seems to be over what should be the default, when
KP this can easily be addressed by making the default configurable.)
Amen!
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