Quoting (was Re: Why?)

[Bill Vermillion]

When asked his whereabouts on Fri, Jul 02 12:19 , Fairlight took the 
fifth, drank it, and then slurred: 

> With neither thought nor caution, Kenneth Brody blurted:
> > (Top posting and lack of quoting both corrected.)
> > 
> > George Simon wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > In the office (now) I'm using Outlook with Word as the email editor.
> > > > 
> > > > Okay. PLEASE stop using that combination.
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
> > > 
> > > I can't.  That's the way they want it to be.
> > 
> > Who are "they"?

> Ever watched John Carpenter's "They Live"?  :)

> In any event, Word as the editor for email is like using a
> 38 tonne crane to pick up the pencil you just dropped--it's
> massive overkill, and its accuracy obviously leaves a bit to be
> desired.

> And we used to joke about using EMACS as a general editor.
> Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping, we said. Word is far more
> bloated--and far, far less useful apparently.

> Dump Word in that context and all should be well.

It is easier than this:

   Example 2

  0uz                             ! clear repeat flag !
  <j 0aua l                       ! load 1st char into register A !

  <0aub                           ! load 1st char of next line into B !

  qa-qb"g xa k -l ga -1uz '       ! if A>B, switch lines and set flag !

  qbua                            ! load B into A !
  l .-z;>                         ! loop back if another line in buffer !

  qz;>                            ! repeat if a switch was made last pass !


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