quoting only selected text when replying

[Soulfinder]

Hi all,
Recently I've read that Tb 3 has the ability to quote only selected text
when replying.
Though when I read a message, select a part of text and press ctrl+r it
doesn't seem to work: it would include the whole message.
What can I do to fix this?
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[Andrew DeFaria]

On 12/19/2009 10:29 AM, Soulfinder wrote:

, select a part of text and press ctrl+r it do

Hmmm... Works for me....

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[KristleBawl]

Soulfinder expressed an opinion:

> Though when I read a message, select a part of text and press ctrl+r it
> doesn't seem to work: it would include the whole message.
> What can I do to fix this?

Try selecting the text and clicking the reply button.

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[Nir]

Are you selecting single word or a line with atleast multiple words?
I believe, by design, it doesn't work when a single word or whitespace
is selected before hitting reply button.

[Tarkus]

On 12/19/2009 9:29 AM, Soulfinder wrote:
> Recently I've read that Tb 3 has the ability to quote only selected text
> when replying.
> Though when I read a message, select a part of text and press ctrl+r it
> doesn't seem to work: it would include the whole message.
> What can I do to fix this?

Not sure about the hotkey, but using the Reply button works.

Thanks for point that out to me. That's something I've been looking
forward to a long time.

[Ron Hunter]

On 12/19/2009 11:29 AM, Soulfinder wrote:
> Though when I read a message, select a part of text and press ctrl+r it
> doesn't seem to work: it would include the whole message.

I use the 'reply' icon in the toolbar, but as you can see, it works for me.

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[David Pyles]

On 12/19/2009 1:32 PM, Ron Hunter wrote:
> On 12/19/2009 11:29 AM, Soulfinder wrote:
>> Though when I read a message, select a part of text and press ctrl+r it
>> doesn't seem to work: it would include the whole message.
> I use the 'reply' icon in the toolbar, but as you can see, it works for me.
>
>

Select the text you want to quote in the reply first, then hit Ctrl-r.
It works fine here.
Dave Pyles

[Tarkus]

On 12/19/2009 10:49 AM, David Pyles wrote:
> Select the text you want to quote in the reply first, then hit Ctrl-r.
> It works fine here.

Same here. I just wish it would insert a blank line before your cursor.

[s|b]

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:29:39 +0100, Soulfinder wrote:

> Recently I've read that Tb 3 has the ability to quote only selected text
> when replying.

Thanks! I didn't know that. I'm still using TB 2.x where I have
installed the QuickQuote add-on for this reason. Unfortunately, it
doesn't work under 3.x. QuickQuote has more options, but I'm willing to
dump it for the select-quote-reply option when I make the switch to 3.x.

Now I only need an update for Correct Identity (and Lightning; I know
about the nightly builds)...

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[Jari Fredriksson]

On 19.12.2009 19:29, Soulfinder wrote:
> ctrl+r it doesn't seem to work

Works for me. This reply was created with ^r.

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[soulf...@email.it]

Maybe I have to toggle an option first? Really can't get it to work. I
select a portion of text by hitting shift key with arrows, but nothing
happens.

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[KristleBawl]

soulf...@email.it expressed an opinion:

> Maybe I have to toggle an option first? Really can't get it to work. I
> select a portion of text by hitting shift key with arrows, but nothing
> happens.

Highlight the text you want to quote, by clicking and dragging the
mouse, then click the reply button.

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[Ron Hunter]

On 12/21/2009 10:15 AM, soulf...@email.it wrote:
> portion of text by hitting shift key with arrows

Works great here. Do you have anything like a clipboard program
operational?

[Tarkus]

On 12/21/2009 12:20 PM, Ron Hunter wrote:
> On 12/21/2009 10:15 AM, soulf...@email.it wrote:
>> portion of text by hitting shift key with arrows
> Works great here. Do you have anything like a clipboard program
> operational?

It doesn't use the clipboard.

[Nir]

On Monday 21 December 2009 09:45 PM, soulf...@email.it wrote:
> Maybe I have to toggle an option first? Really can't get it to work. I
> select a portion of text by hitting shift key with arrows, but nothing
> happens.

Goto Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Config Editor.

Type

mailnews.reply_quoting_selection

If it's value isn't True then double click on the preference name to set
it True.

Do same for mailnews.reply_quoting_selection.multi_word
Also check if value of this preference is blank

mailnews.reply_quoting_selection.only_if_chars

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