tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 12 00:19:48 2003
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Re: Plain text messages and quoting
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 06:55:23 +0100, Philip Newton <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, please make it a habit to quote previous messages with "> " or ">"
> or even ": " or something
Incidentally, you also seem to suffer from the so-called "comb quoting"
problem; see, for example, this bit:
>From: "Scott Willis" <[email protected]>
>
>>> 2. «mu'mey yap vISovlaw'» vIQub.
>>> I don't think {Qub} can be used like this, in the sense of "to think,
to
>>> believe". (If I'm wrong, someone will correct me, I'm sure.)
>>> For this sense, I've seen { 'e' vIHar} "I believe it" used most often,
as
>>> you did in your message. Repetition is much more acceptable in
{tlhIngan
>>> Hol} than in English, so you needn't fear sounding like a broken
record.
ja' SuStel:
>> Philip's sentence doesn't seem to be trying to say "I believe." It
sounds
>> to me like he's quoting the thoughts in his head.
which has alternating long-and-short lines when OE broke the line
without telling you.
I've heard good things about "OE-QuoteFix"
( http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ ), which is
supposed to be able to fix comb quoting and other common OE
problems.
qanuQ vIneHbe'bej. laDmeH Qu' vIngeDmoH vIneH neH.
Philip
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