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Reply Prefixes & spaces, & AlwaysExcerptResponse, ConvertFormatFlowedtoExcerpt, WordWrapOnScreen, InterpretFormatFlowed

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Craig Carey

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Mar 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/15/00
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Eudora Pro 4.3 will add spaces to quoted text, without putting in a
reply prefix character, i.e. a ">" character. A message sent may have
a space character before the "greater than" sign. With a different
customization, the space can follow the ReplyPrefix, which many also
may not prefer. The space can be present entirely by itself and cause
a indentation of text (that is not always present in single messages).

To stop extra space characters being added to quoted and replied to
messages, this setting can be added to the Eudora.ini file:

ConvertFormatFlowedtoExcerpt=1

Here are some results of testing out 16 combinations of these 4 Eudora
4.3 customizations:

a= AlwaysExcerptResponse
c= ConvertFormatFlowedtoExcerpt
w= WordWrapOnScreen
i= InterpretFormatFlowed

RP=ReplyPrefix that appears in the message once it is received.

Behaviour of Eudora 4.3

[1] ReplyPrefix = ">":

a=0 c=1 w=* i=* : No Excerpt. All RP=">"


[2] ReplyPrefix = both ">" and "> ":

a=1 c=0 w=0 i=1 : Is Excerpt. RP="> " if 1st chars=">>" else often RP=">"


[3] Excerpt bar appears in sent messages:

a=1 c=1 w=0 i=* : Is Excerpt. All RP=Excerpt bar
a=1 c=0 w=0 i=0 : Is Excerpt. All RP=Excerpt bar


[4] Other behaviour:

a=0 c=0 w=* i=* : No Excerpt. All RP=" >"
a=1 c=1 w=1 i=* : Is Excerpt, prompts. All RP=""
a=1 c=0 w=1 i=* : Is Excerpt, prompts. RP=" " if ">>" else often RP=""


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Notes:

* To the prompts, "plain" was selected, rather than styled or both.

* In the above, * means both 0 and 1.

* The testing was done with lines like these present in the [Settings]
section of the (version 4.3) Eudora.ini file:

ReplyAttribution=At %1, %2 wrote:
ReplyAllAttribution=At %1, %2 wrote:
AlwaysExcerptResponse=0
ConvertFormatFlowedtoExcerpt=1
WordWrapOnScreen=0
InterpretFormatFlowed=1
## WordWrapColumn=69
MainLexFiles=british.tlx,british.clx

Each message was sent to a server, and then retrieved, and viewed
under with the same ini file settings that were in effect when it
was sent.

* (The customizations ReplyPrefix and QuotePrefix have no effect in
Eudora version 4.2 and above. (That was tested for the 16
combinations, and there is no bug causing that old feature to
persist.)
From http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/kb/1638hq.html)

* There seems to be no clear need to have "InterpretFormatFlowed=0".


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