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Re: Quickquote: new line feature

by Daniel W. Steinbrook :: Rate this Message:

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Ah, gotcha. It looks like one blank line comes from the TB's default
signature behavior. Furthermore, since QuickQuote was already set (I
think) to put padding around whatever came afterwards, padding around
a blank line is more blank space. How humorous.

- Daniel W. Steinbrook


On 6/14/07, Charles Marcus <tanstaafl@...> wrote:

> Forgot the attachment too... <sigh> let's try this again...
>
> Daniel W. Steinbrook, on 6/14/2007 10:27 AM, said the following:
> > OK, so I committed Ulrich's modifications to CVS, but I'm still
> > tinkering with some other stuff. Attached is QuickQuote 0.8 for TB and
> > SM, plus his modifications and the relatively recent Polish
> > localization. More changes coming soon.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> Ok, initial feedback... it isn't working as expected...
>
> The prior version had only two blank lines between the quoted text and
> my sig - one line too few (for me), as I like a blank line between the
> quoted text and my reply. With this version, when I add a %n in the
> 'After quoted text' box to add a third blank line, it actually adds TWO
> new lines, not just one - so, instead of three lines between the quoted
> text and my sig, there are FOUR...
>
> Also I'm a bottom-poster, so have my reply configured to come after the
> quoted text. With the old version of QQ, it looked like this:
>
> Author, on Date/Time, said the following:
> > quoted text
>
>
> -- <-- sig delimeter
>
> Best regards,  |\
>                   > both of these lines highlighted
> Charles        |/
>
> (see attached screenshot)
>
> If I add lines below my name, like, phone numbers, it is always the last
> two lines of text that is highlighted. With only my name (as in the
> screenshot), it is the last two lines of text, even though there is a
> blank line between them.
>
> As you can see, there are only two lines between the quoted text and my
> sig. I'd like three.
>
> Of course, I'd also like to be able to tell the cursor where to go -
> right now, for some reason, the last two lines of text in my sig are
> selected/highlighted (again, see attached screenshot - this is exactly
> what it looks like), and I have to manually click into the line right
> after the quoted text and then hit 'Enter', then I can start typing my
> reply.
>
> I'm fairly used to this, so it isn't that big a deal, but it would be
> really nice if it worked correctly:
>
> Author, on Date/Time, said the following:
> > quoted text
>
> | <- cursor here, ready to type
>
> -- <-- sig delimeter
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
>
> Hope that was understandable...
>
>
>
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