Re: debian newbie "tip-of-the-day" signature script

[will trillich <will@serensoft.com>]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:12:34PM -0400, Mark Hurley wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:24:01AM -0500, will trillich wrote:
> > -- 
> > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP:
> > What's a "manpage"? It's the documentation you get when you enter
> > "man SOMETHING" such as "man ps" or "man bash" or "man apt-setup".
> > 
> > ...from will@serensoft.com
> 
> I think this is a great idea where everyone is going.  One thought,
> can we surround the tip or for that matter all "comments" in a tag?

> <tip>
> DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP:
> ...
> ...
> </tip>
> 
> So I can automatically strip it out when I reply? Would save me from
> having to delete even more from a message.  On another tangent, could
> everyone do me a favor and surround any signature with <sig>  </sig>.

when i quote an email in a reply, i scroll down until i get to
the not-so-pertinent part, and in vim i do

	dG

to obliterate everything "from here to end-of-file".

> <sig>
> ;)
> 
> Mark
> </sig>

hmm. as ethan pointed out, there is a cnovention to mark an email
signature, and that is

	"^--\040"

(beginning-of-line dash dash space)

so for your sig, i'd "s/<sig>/-- / ; s:</sig>:: ;"

but are you using some cool filter-strip-mongo utility that the
rest of us might salute? hmm? (i can tell you're using mutt --
c'mon, fess up.)

-- 
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #5 from Will Trillich <will@serensoft.com>:
What's a "MANPAGE"? It's the documentation you get when you enter
"man <something>" such as "man ps" or "man bash" or "man apt-setup".

Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...