Re: "}" cite prefix

Re: "}" cite prefix

[Reiner Steib]

On Mon, Mar 23 2009, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:

> is there any know mail client that uses '}' as prefix for replies?  

I don't think any mail or news client uses it by default. But maybe
some users might configure it like this.

> If there are not, what do you think about remove the '}' character
> from `message-cite-prefix-regexp', its value has effect on the
> `gnus-message-cite-prefix-regexp' defvar too.
>
> Including C/C++ code in a message, it can happen that there is a line
> with the '}' character only and it is showed using a different font
> locking.

We removed `-' and `+' to avoid matches on patches [1].  I won't
object to this.  What do people think?

Bye, Reiner.

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| 2007-12-01  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
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| 	* message.el (message-cite-prefix-regexp): Remove `-' and `+' to avoid
| 	matches on patches.
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Re: "}" cite prefix

[Miles Bader]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>> If there are not, what do you think about remove the '}' character
>> from `message-cite-prefix-regexp', its value has effect on the
>> `gnus-message-cite-prefix-regexp' defvar too.
>
> We removed `-' and `+' to avoid matches on patches [1].  I won't
> object to this.  What do people think?

Yes, I think it should be removed.  I've also been annoyed by the false
matches from C code, and I can't remember _ever_ seeing someone use "}"
as a citation prefix character...

I think the only characters I see these days are ">", "|" and ":"...

-Miles

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