Subj : trying to get the hang of "oxp"
To   : mark lewis
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Apr 03 2019 09:09:11

In a post between "mark lewis : August Abolins", on 4/3/2019 12:21 AM

>  AA> Next, I might look into the quoting options. By default it is just the
>  AA> ">" char.  Not sure if I want the First Last initials look.
>
> you should... it is the defacto FTN quoting standard... especially if
> it adds new ">" to the right of existing ones which is another
> defacto FTN quoting standard... i've been manually fixing them in
> many of our posts back and forth...

I dunno.  TB won't do it (unless there is a working Add-On that does it?).

Besides, if the conversation is between two persons, it is easy to recognize 
which person wrote what.

It is commendable of you to fix the lines and add the initials.  (I have done 
that too.)  But it's really not necessary for every line.

If it is a very large block, why not save some work and do something like:

ML wrote: "it is the defacto FTN quoting standard... especially if
it adds new ">" to the right of existing ones which is another
defacto FTN quoting standard... i've been manually fixing them in
many of our posts back and forth..."


adverb: defacto

    1. in fact, or in effect, whether by right or not.

I would think of the "FL >" initials method more of as a "common standard".

But just the brackets is fine for me. TB does a fairly decent replacement of 
the >>'s with vertical ||'s and is just as easy to deal with.

In fact, oxp adds colour to the different levels of ">>", so actual initials 
aren't really necessary.  The colour makes things very clear who said what.

Nothing wrong with a little variety, eh?  <g>


>  AA> oxp is clean and simple in operation.  It really brings back a feeling
>  AA> from the late 90's though.
>
> that's as it should be -=B-)

Well, I've certainly got a lot of variety between TB, Winpoint and OpenXP, 
don't I?   :/

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