04-07-2002 01:18									#1
	suggestion for improved quoting Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

interpret normal quotation marks as [quotte] and [/quotte] (without the t)

so I type this:

"blah blah important thing to quote blah blah"

and it comes out this:

quote: blah blah important thing to quote blah blah

or if the script needs to know explicitly where to start and where to end make it ": and :" or " and /" or something.

is this possible? it really would speed up the typing, because to quote you now have to type all over keyboard, miss a key, correct it.. it adds up.

	04-07-2002 01:28									#2
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Just use [ q ] and [ /q ]

	04-07-2002 01:35									#3
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I didnt know that

anyway my system cuts the time of that in half, eliminating brackets that are alt+f and alt+g for me.

	04-07-2002 02:03									#4
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Some people just want to use quotation marks. When quoting something you may not want the blue quotation - especially if its just a couple of words and not linking to others' specific posts.

	04-07-2002 02:17									#5
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I don't agree- when i use quote marks, I am not necessarily quoting something someone else said... I like the way it is now.

	04-07-2002 02:58									#6
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Signatures being a perfect example of why you don't want this idea implemented.

Sorry Vet.

	04-07-2002 03:07									#7
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Reposts of text files in Creation forums being another one...

	05-07-2002 08:26									#8
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The current system is fine. The double quote has its uses.

	05-07-2002 12:07									#9
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That would totally screw up AC-Fiction, where we often post things with dialogue in them. I say leave it as it is.

	05-07-2002 20:15									#10
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This would be an awful change for ACS's forums. I do not want to see this change made. How hard is [ q ] ?

	06-07-2002 00:50									#11
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Although, vet's idea could work if it only worked for DOUBLE quotes:

example

""how""

would be quoted

but not
"how"

just a suggestion- i don't like it either, but if Vet want's it to work, he may like the idea and use it, crediting it to me of course

	06-07-2002 11:03									#12
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I think the current [q]quote[/q] system is fine.
Anything else means you are just too lazy.

	06-07-2002 14:22									#13
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Now't wrong wit bein' lazy.

	07-07-2002 02:39									#14
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hmm... It seems as if

quote: and

don't work any more :hmm:

(I am referring to Skanky Burn's post, by the way )

	07-07-2002 09:05									#15
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quote: Now't wrong wit bein' lazy.

True, but being too lazy...

DC: I think they still do

	07-07-2002 21:20									#16
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[quote]example

""how""

would be quoted

but not
"how"[/q]

I like that

as it is, with my non us keyboard I have to (alt+f)+q+(alt+g)+(alt+f)+/+q+(alt+g) which is quite an equation as you see

so the beforementioned improvements would save typing, decrease time needed for mechanical action and therefore increase creative time per post (leading to dramatic increase in average post quality), lessen the chance of atritis (increasing life expectancy of the posters!), cut the maintenance costs of keyboards, decrease world pollution by prolonging their exploitation life and last but not least save the whales

and think of the children!

but ok, since opposition is overwhelming I give up.

	08-07-2002 01:02									#17
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Yes, but Skanky, in your post two up from here the [ q ]'s did not work for some strange reason????

	08-07-2002 06:08									#18
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DC - Use the reply with quote button on my post, and discover for yourself.

VetLegion - If you use the full reply button, then you can just press buttons that will put the your quotes in brackets, and italics and bold, etc. No need for alt-key combinations at all.