From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
To: nitish chandra <nitishchandrachinta@gmail.com>
Cc: 25150@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25150: Possible reason for this bug
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 09:23:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wpexb9kb.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK88tCG9tA0kexd-pvWHYSVOFoxSutTynf0mcL=8RmBOLEKkfA@mail.gmail.com> (nitish chandra's message of "Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:38:10 +0530")
nitish chandra <nitishchandrachinta@gmail.com> writes:
>
> But why is this? Why should ] at the start of a line be regarded as a
> comment? If > is regarded as a comment, it sounds reasonable because >
> characters are used to cite messages. But why ]? Are there any citing
> formats that use ] for citing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Quoted_line_prefix says
Today (and for many years previously), the greater-than sign (">",
the canonical prefix)[1] is almost universally used; but other
characters such as the ASCII vertical bar character ("|") have been
used as well, sometimes with one or more spaces inserted before or
after the quoted text marker.
Perhaps "]" used to be one of the "other" characters used for this?
Seems to be obsolete now, I think it would be sensible to remove it from
the default value of mail-citation-prefix-regexp.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-18 14:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-09 20:18 bug#25150: 26.0.50; sexp motion commands don't work reliably in message-mode Sean McAfee
2016-12-10 11:25 ` bug#25150: nitish chandra
2016-12-16 20:08 ` bug#25150: Possible reason for this bug nitish chandra
2016-12-18 14:23 ` npostavs [this message]
2016-12-18 8:58 ` bug#25150: Why is ] included in message-cite-prefix-regexp? nitish chandra
2016-12-19 19:22 ` bug#25150: [PATCH] Removing ] from message-cite-prefix-regexp nitish chandra
2016-12-19 19:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-20 5:04 ` nitish chandra
2019-09-23 10:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-02 16:02 ` bug#25150: Patch review nitish chandra
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