Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:29:22 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Posting Netiquette [ref: Threads "look definitely like" unreadable mess. Handbook project.] Message-ID: <20220623102922.1af2e539@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <CAD2Ti2-F7%2BZ3QtpV7PxfcbnaHXGLcFytRihv-cVWn=7qDdWsxw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAD2Ti2_GFxRzAjgSwf55tC9c3jSUAzeR42xzhUgG87QZ7JT5_g@mail.gmail.com> <20220623030118.GA59423@eureka.lemis.com> <20220623060320.aad6a631.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAD2Ti2-F7%2BZ3QtpV7PxfcbnaHXGLcFytRihv-cVWn=7qDdWsxw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:14:40 -0400, grarpamp wrote: > ; No idea what the ';' in the '=E2=80=9C> ;=E2=80=9D' is doing there for. "=E2=80=9C>=E2=80=9D to the original message works best. Leaving white spac= e after the =E2=80=9C> ;=E2=80=9D" This way the reader does notice the space: =E2=80=9C> ;=E2=80=9D ";" is a placeholder mentioning that text starts at this position. This way the reader is missing the space: =E2=80=9C> =E2=80=9D The text is a little bit misleading. R=C3=A9sum=C3=A9: Before posting to a list a user should read a very long netiquette studded with terms (e.g. white space) never heard before and with ambiguous explanations (e.g. > ;).
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