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From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: gnus-posting-styles
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:06:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lkt88bd0.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877j4sb5ip.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk>

asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:

> On Thu, 11 May 2006 23:28:57 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>
>>> | From: Hadron A. Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com>
>>> ... would be incorrect.
>
>>> If you set `message-from-style' to 'angles, you'll get...
>
>>> | From: "Hadron A. Quark" <hadronquark@gmail.com>
>
>>> ... which is correct, but requires quoting.  Therefore, the default
>>> uses the `parens' style in such a case.
>>> See `<f1> v message-from-style RET'.
>
>> But my point is that its ONLY if I include the "." in the "name" that it
>> switches to the other form.
>
> Yes, because that means that the string needs to be quoted - in my
> name it is the 'ø' that needs to be quoted.

I see : but why does it need to be quoted? Because a period (".") is
otherwise illegal?

  reply	other threads:[~2006-05-11 22:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-11 16:45 gnus-posting-styles Hadron Quark
2006-05-11 17:36 ` gnus-posting-styles Steven E. Harris
2006-05-11 21:35   ` gnus-posting-styles Hadron Quark
2006-05-12 17:53     ` gnus-posting-styles Steven E. Harris
2006-05-11 18:42 ` gnus-posting-styles Reiner Steib
2006-05-11 21:28   ` gnus-posting-styles Hadron Quark
2006-05-11 21:44     ` gnus-posting-styles Adam Sjøgren
2006-05-11 22:06       ` Hadron Quark [this message]
2006-05-11 22:31         ` gnus-posting-styles Adam Sjøgren
2006-05-11 22:34     ` gnus-posting-styles Reiner Steib
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-09-21  6:41 gnus-posting-styles John
2005-09-21 12:35 ` gnus-posting-styles Glyn Millington

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