Elsewhere on this sub-forum I asked for the difference between quotes and new text being made more visually clear. I suggested some sort of frame like with the previous software.
However I just used the quote function in a posting, and the right solution became obvious.
For now the quotes start with a bold quote sign. The transition to the newly posted text only is marked by that text not being indented. Wouldn't it be possible to tweak the software to automatically place a bold end-quote exactly at the end of each quote?
Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Quote clarity
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WoodSheddin
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Re: Quote clarity
The tweak itself would be simple. Figuring out where in the software to implement that gets much more complicated. If you figure it out, let me know and I can roll the change out.
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Re: Quote clarity
I have no idea at all, as I can't read or write code myself. I only have a meta undertanding of the principles from working a little together with code writers.
When I have computer problems, which only are related to what is on my own desk, I treat the computers like slowly-learning kids, of which I have some understanding. Voodoo or not: that approach very often leads to productive results.
I am getting some understanding of the boxes right above the window into which I write now. Basically they are about a set of sharp brackets before the text affected leading to a function like bold, image, or whatever and then a set of sharp brackets at the end canceling that effect for further text. I have a strong suspicion, that the quote function works the same way. You might have to place the bold end-quotes right before the bracket canceling the indentation.
If this works it is voodoo.
Klaus
When I have computer problems, which only are related to what is on my own desk, I treat the computers like slowly-learning kids, of which I have some understanding. Voodoo or not: that approach very often leads to productive results.
I am getting some understanding of the boxes right above the window into which I write now. Basically they are about a set of sharp brackets before the text affected leading to a function like bold, image, or whatever and then a set of sharp brackets at the end canceling that effect for further text. I have a strong suspicion, that the quote function works the same way. You might have to place the bold end-quotes right before the bracket canceling the indentation.
If this works it is voodoo.
Klaus