* Re: "}" cite prefix [not found] <87tz5knpoz.fsf@gnu.org> @ 2009-03-23 19:56 ` Reiner Steib 2009-03-26 4:53 ` Miles Bader 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Reiner Steib @ 2009-03-23 19:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Giuseppe Scrivano, ding; +Cc: bugs 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. [1] ,---- | 2007-12-01 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de> | | * message.el (message-cite-prefix-regexp): Remove `-' and `+' to avoid | matches on patches. `---- -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: "}" cite prefix 2009-03-23 19:56 ` "}" cite prefix Reiner Steib @ 2009-03-26 4:53 ` Miles Bader 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Miles Bader @ 2009-03-26 4:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ding 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 -- Bacchus, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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