Quoting (was Re: Why?)

[Bill Vermillion]

Putting quill to paper and scribbling furiously on Fri, Jul 02 14:48  
Jay R. Ashworth missed achieving immortality when he said: 

> On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 01:39:36PM -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> > 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 !

> That's just teco, guy...

And isn't  Outlook/Word at last slightly easier than that :-)

Bill
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