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Sun, 18 Dec 2016 06:22:14 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from zony ([45.2.7.65]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 22sm6532805iog.28.2016.12.18.06.22.13 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 18 Dec 2016 06:22:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (nitish chandra's message of "Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:38:10 +0530") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:127126 Archived-At: nitish chandra 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.