Maurog
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I'm thinking on the lines of stuff like [quote=Schik]It's impossible![/quote] to be translated to:

Schik wrote:
It's impossible!

Or in the case of spaces in name, maybe [quote="René Descartes"]Cogito Ergo Sum[/quote] to make

René Descartes wrote:
Cogito Ergo Sum

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mrimer
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I must go on record saying that I like this idea a lot. It would make my responding to dev/bug issues less painful.

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stigant
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another thought along those lines...
When I want to quote someone's message, I frequently only quote part of the message. It would be nice if I could highlight something in a thread, then hit the "quote reply" link and have only the part that I highlighted show up in the quote box.

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rowrow
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You can erase it from the reply. That is what I always do. But the [quote=user] quote[/quote] is done in many forums I visit.

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yes, you can do that. this would be an enhancement. it would also make the interface more consistant with other features (for example, being able to highlight a bit of text while you're typing and hitting the bold button to bold only that part etc).

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Schik
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Bill Shakespeare wrote:
To be, or not to be; that is the question.

The answer is "to be."

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trick
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Schik wrote:

Bill Shakespeare wrote:
To be, or not to be; that is the question.

The answer is "to be."

The Quote Reply link isn't.

(Other than that, boundless applause.)

- Gerry

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Schik wrote: To be a bee

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Bill wrote: OMGZLOLZ!11111

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trick
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The emailer doesn't understand the new quote format.

Angry mob wrote: Shut up already!

Hey, an angry mob that writes stuff! (I picture them squabbling over a featherpen, squirting ink at each other.)

- Gerry