If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
#226
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
On 11/07/2012, Char Jackson posted:
I usually know what year it is, plus or minus. ;-) What's the secret? The secret is, don't look at the sun. Still trying to keep me in the dark, I see. I keep some of my favorite mushrooms in the dark. You'll be in good company. LOL. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
Ads |
#227
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
In message , choro
writes: On 07/11/2012 08:07, choro wrote: [] In that case I must NOT snip the blank line above the sig which automatically moves the double dash to the end of the last line of my How peculiar! I see you're using Thunderbird. Any other TB users here who find that they need to appear to leave a blank line before the "-- " line for it not to jump to the end of the previous line? I say "appear to", because in your - now properly-delimited! - posts, there is _not_ a blank line before the dash-dash-space line, however it might appear on your screen! posting. In other words, let things be as I am doing here. Got it now. No cheating from now on because I realise I am only cheating myself. Good! I can see my sig as well as the text keyed in after the sig greyed out. Thanks for you patience. You're welcome! -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf TV and radio presenters are just like many people, except they tend to wear make-up all the time. Especially the radio presenters. - Eddie Mair, in Radio Times 25-31 August 2012 |
#228
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
In message , Char Jackson
writes: On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 11:14:42 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" wrote: On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:46:54 -0600, Char Jackson wrote: [] The secret is, don't look at the sun. Still trying to keep me in the dark, I see. I keep some of my favorite mushrooms in the dark. You'll be in good company. The usual (often when talking about management and workers) is "keep us in the dark and shovel s**t onto us ..." -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf TV and radio presenters are just like many people, except they tend to wear make-up all the time. Especially the radio presenters. - Eddie Mair, in Radio Times 25-31 August 2012 |
#229
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:47:56 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , Char Jackson writes: On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 11:14:42 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" wrote: On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:46:54 -0600, Char Jackson wrote: [] The secret is, don't look at the sun. Still trying to keep me in the dark, I see. I keep some of my favorite mushrooms in the dark. You'll be in good company. The usual (often when talking about management and workers) is "keep us in the dark and shovel s**t onto us ..." I'm aware, but that's not how I feel about Gene. :-) -- Char Jackson |
#230
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:44:22 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote: On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:47:56 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [snip] The usual (often when talking about management and workers) is "keep us in the dark and shovel s**t onto us ..." I'm aware, but that's not how I feel about Gene. :-) And you are not the light of his life. Unless your batteries went flat. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko |
#231
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
On 11/07/2012, Char Jackson posted:
On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:47:56 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: In message , Char Jackson writes: On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 11:14:42 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch" wrote: On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:46:54 -0600, Char Jackson wrote: [] The secret is, don't look at the sun. Still trying to keep me in the dark, I see. I keep some of my favorite mushrooms in the dark. You'll be in good company. The usual (often when talking about management and workers) is "keep us in the dark and shovel s**t onto us ..." I'm aware, but that's not how I feel about Gene. :-) Thanks, but you might be unique :-) -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
#232
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
On 11/07/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted:
In message , choro writes: On 07/11/2012 08:07, choro wrote: [] In that case I must NOT snip the blank line above the sig which automatically moves the double dash to the end of the last line of my How peculiar! I see you're using Thunderbird. Any other TB users here who find that they need to appear to leave a blank line before the "-- " line for it not to jump to the end of the previous line? I say "appear to", because in your - now properly-delimited! - posts, there is _not_ a blank line before the dash-dash-space line, however it might appear on your screen! Good catch. I only use TB for e-mail, where it does leave an apparent blank line before the delimiter - but there is no actual blank line there... If you position the cursor on the preceding non-blank line and press the down arrow, the cursor goes directly to the delimiter line. If you position the cursor on the delimiter line and press up arrow, the cursor goes directly to the last line of the post. I always type an extra blank line (which then looks like two blank lines) because I want one there, but I take it so much for granted that I failed to realize what was being talked about here until just now... -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
#233
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
In message , Gene E. Bloch
writes: [] I always type an extra blank line (which then looks like two blank lines) because I want one there, but I take it so much for granted that I failed to realize what was being talked about here until just now... Can't you include the extra blank line in your .sig file? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "If you torture the data enough, it will confess" (Guillaume Dargaud) |
#234
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
On 11/07/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted:
In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: [] I always type an extra blank line (which then looks like two blank lines) because I want one there, but I take it so much for granted that I failed to realize what was being talked about here until just now... Can't you include the extra blank line in your .sig file? No. That would put it after the delimiter, not before it. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
#235
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
I usually know what year it is, plus or minus. ;-)
Wow, you can tell that by looking at the sun!? ;-) No, no! Don't look at the sun! You can go blind if you do that. g My mother told me that I'd go blind but it wasn't from looking at the sun. -- Tom L Always masticate 28 times before swallowing. |
#236
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
In message , Gene E. Bloch
writes: On 11/07/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted: In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: [] I always type an extra blank line (which then looks like two blank lines) because I want one there, but I take it so much for granted that I failed to realize what was being talked about here until just now... Can't you include the extra blank line in your .sig file? No. That would put it after the delimiter, not before it. Ah, I see; the delimiter is added by the software. I assumed it was in the .sig file. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "...told me to connect with the electorate, and I did!" John Prescott on having punched the man who threw an egg at him (Top Gear, 2011-2-28) |
#237
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
On 11/8/2012 1:10 PM, Tom Lake wrote: I usually know what year it is, plus or minus. ;-) Wow, you can tell that by looking at the sun!? ;-) No, no! Don't look at the sun! You can go blind if you do that. g My mother told me that I'd go blind but it wasn't from looking at the sun. -- Tom L Always masticate 28 times before swallowing. Seems a bit excessive for pudding! |
#238
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help
On 11/08/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted:
In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: On 11/07/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted: In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: [] I always type an extra blank line (which then looks like two blank lines) because I want one there, but I take it so much for granted that I failed to realize what was being talked about here until just now... Can't you include the extra blank line in your .sig file? No. That would put it after the delimiter, not before it. Ah, I see; the delimiter is added by the software. I assumed it was in the .sig file. Actually, we might both be right :-) Early today I realized that it varies with the reader used. I leapt to an unjustified conclusion. Here's the score in my case: 1. Dialog adds the delimiter automatically. I don't see a way to change that or to edit a delimiter. 2. MesNews has two boxes in the sig dialog box. One is for the sig text; the other is for the delimiter - which the user provides. 3. The user provides Thunderbird with the entire text, delimiter included. The user would have to know what to do about the delimiter. So you see that my reply to you was not even correct for *me* :-) -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
#239
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help; now OT - signature separators
In message , Gene E. Bloch
writes: On 11/08/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted: In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: On 11/07/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted: In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: [] I always type an extra blank line (which then looks like two blank lines) because I want one there, but I take it so much for granted that I failed to realize what was being talked about here until just now... Can't you include the extra blank line in your .sig file? No. That would put it after the delimiter, not before it. Ah, I see; the delimiter is added by the software. I assumed it was in the .sig file. Actually, we might both be right :-) Early today I realized that it varies with the reader used. I leapt to an unjustified conclusion. Here's the score in my case: 1. Dialog adds the delimiter automatically. I don't see a way to change that or to edit a delimiter. I suppose it could be argued that there is only one form of the delimiter that is RFC-compliant anyway, so it shouldn't need editing. (Come to think of it, I think this Turnpike also adds it automatically; it's so many years since I set it up that I can't remember!) Doesn't help anyone who, like you, wants to put a blank line before it though. (Any particular reason, other than aesthetics? Turnpike puts one in, which I'm always deleting as I _don't_ want one, so you can't please all of the people all of the time!) 2. MesNews has two boxes in the sig dialog box. One is for the sig text; the other is for the delimiter - which the user provides. That would work for you _if_ it lets you specify more than one line for the delimiter (actually it would still work if it doesn't: you'd put the blank line as the delimiter, and the "-- " at the start of the .sig text. As long as it doesn't trim trailing spaces.) I do wonder why they provided for user-specified delimiters though, as only one "works"! 3. The user provides Thunderbird with the entire text, delimiter included. The user would have to know what to do about the delimiter. That would (again with the caveat about trailing spaces) let you do what you want. So you see that my reply to you was not even correct for *me* :-) Interesting though! I'd never come across the middle (MesNews) option before. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Another lively meeting of thr 1922 Committee - the secret gathering of BBC presenters that gets its name from the fact that no one is sober after twenty-past seven. - Eddie Mair, RT 16-22 April 2011 |
#240
|
|||
|
|||
OT.... but I need help; now OT - signature separators
On 11/10/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted:
In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: On 11/08/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted: In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: On 11/07/2012, J. P. Gilliver (John) posted: In message , Gene E. Bloch writes: [] I always type an extra blank line (which then looks like two blank lines) because I want one there, but I take it so much for granted that I failed to realize what was being talked about here until just now... Can't you include the extra blank line in your .sig file? No. That would put it after the delimiter, not before it. Ah, I see; the delimiter is added by the software. I assumed it was in the .sig file. Actually, we might both be right :-) Early today I realized that it varies with the reader used. I leapt to an unjustified conclusion. Here's the score in my case: 1. Dialog adds the delimiter automatically. I don't see a way to change that or to edit a delimiter. I suppose it could be argued that there is only one form of the delimiter that is RFC-compliant anyway, so it shouldn't need editing. (Come to think of it, I think this Turnpike also adds it automatically; it's so many years since I set it up that I can't remember!) Doesn't help anyone who, like you, wants to put a blank line before it though. (Any particular reason, other than aesthetics? Turnpike puts one in, which I'm always deleting as I _don't_ want one, so you can't please all of the people all of the time!) 2. MesNews has two boxes in the sig dialog box. One is for the sig text; the other is for the delimiter - which the user provides. That would work for you _if_ it lets you specify more than one line for the delimiter (actually it would still work if it doesn't: you'd put the blank line as the delimiter, and the "-- " at the start of the .sig text. As long as it doesn't trim trailing spaces.) I do wonder why they provided for user-specified delimiters though, as only one "works"! 3. The user provides Thunderbird with the entire text, delimiter included. The user would have to know what to do about the delimiter. That would (again with the caveat about trailing spaces) let you do what you want. So you see that my reply to you was not even correct for *me* :-) Interesting though! I'd never come across the middle (MesNews) option before. All I was doing was reporting information that I discovered by investigation. I meant no implication that I am trying to do anything for myself. For one thing, I already set my sigs up the way I want them - years ago. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|