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



on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 02:45:01PM -0500, will trillich (will@serensoft.com) wrote:
> 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".

This is as it should be.

Also...postfix responses, ensuring quotes are attributed accurately,
snipping extraneous content.

I'll just dump sufficiently fuxnored posts -- too much work to get my
mind around them.  All are advised.

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