Subj : smartphone for ui dif
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Accession
Date : Mon Dec 08 2025 17:02:26

Hey Dumas!

On Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:48:26 -0500, you wrote:

 > Hmmm, yeah, so I told the synchronet internal editor to quote part of
 > your message but all I got was blank lines.

Looks like you're using nano on this message. Are you using the correct execution of nano to pick up the quoted text from a text file?

On my BBS, I use (currently it's only available to me via access requirements, because I had issues with restricted mode "-R" for nano or "-Z" for vim as they won't let you save the message):

Command Line: /usr/bin/nano %f
Word-wrap Quoted Text: Yes, for terminal width
Automatically Quoted Text: All
Editor Information Files: WWIV EDITOR.INF/RESULT.ED

 > At any rate, my statement was not a political one but specifically re:
 > typing. I honestly doubt they still have physical typewriters in schools
 > any more. ;) As society has moved from typewriters to computers to
 > mobile devices, I also have doubts that typing is still around, and
 > certainly not *2* years of it!

Definitely not typewriters, but there are usually computers, even in elementary schools these days. I'm sure it's not just our school, but kids are issued Chromebooks now, where most of their homework is done and saved. Parents then have access to some of this and other important information via some kind of app that the whole school uses. My wife deals with most of that, though.

 > Back to the first paragraph and OT... I wonder if some of these "why
 > don't you quote stuff" newbies are using the internal editor and trying
 > to do the right thing and we are sh1tt1ng on them for nothing.  ;)

If I read a message that isn't quoted and I don't know what it's in reference to, I just skip it. However, a few of these 'newbies' have quoted at least one message.

For the record, I haven't been shitting on anyone!

Regards,
Nick

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