Subj : Quoting & Wrapping
To   : ALL
From : apam
Date : Wed Oct 23 2019 10:01:21

Hi guys,

I need some feedback regarding quoting before I move on. Currently in
Magicka (as Oli pointed out) quoting isn't ideal. Quotes of quotes (and
quotes of quotes of quotes) get chopped off to fit in 80 columns.

This makes readability a bit of a problem.

As a solution, I've gone with fsc-0032.001 proposal, but this has it's
own drawbacks. Mainly because of message editors that do not wrap lines.

In an ideal world, I'd just rewrap the quote easily, however due to
mystic already rewrapping messages in transit (and at 80 columns - so no
room for initials) I'd then have to unwrap and rewrap messages, which
poses a problem with intentionally wrapped messages. Ie someone pressed
enter.

Right now I have somewhat of a solution inplace on nocturnal
(nocturnal.hopto.org:2023) but before I start pulling my hair out trying
to come up with an ideal solution, I've got to ask is it worth it? Only
one person has ever complained about the current quote setup in the years
it's been in place..

Also keep in mind, there is no agreed upon standard (that I can find) for
quoting messages, all I could find was this proposal.

So if you want to check out nocturnal messages (please do) and have any
suggestions on how we can tackle this problem, or if you have any ideas,
please let me know. Once I put something in place, everyone has to deal
with it, so it's important to me to get as much feedback first as I can.

Andrew


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