Subj : RE: Quoting & Wrapping
To   : apam
From : Al
Date : Wed Oct 23 2019 10:39:27

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

Yep, I have seen that too. I haven't commented because I'm sure you know
this and it's something that I'm sure will come together as we go..

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

I hope that at some point editors will not wrap lines. It would be much
easier to wrap as we need if they were not already wrapped.

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

I sure wish that I was aware of this before g00r00 left to take care of
RL stuff. I'm hopefull he will be at the table in time.

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

This is the first I have seen it and it looks good to me. I will give you
feed back as we move along.

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

Yes, if we could figure out what standard we are useing.. and if everyone
was on board we could make progress.

 ap> please let me know. Once I put something in place, everyone has to deal
 ap> with it, so it's important to me to get as much feedback first as I can.

I will do so.. :)

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