Quoting (was Re: Why?)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

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...

Cheers,
-- jra
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