From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266242AbUBKXUu (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:20:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266245AbUBKXUu (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:20:50 -0500 Received: from roc-24-93-20-125.rochester.rr.com ([24.93.20.125]:39161 "EHLO mail.kroptech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266242AbUBKXUs (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:20:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:33:10 -0500 From: Adam Kropelin To: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe Subject: [FAQ-PATCH] OE-QuoteFix (Was: Re: PATCH (for 2.6.3-rc1) for cdrom driver dvd_read_struct) Message-ID: <20040211183310.A323@mail.kroptech.com> References: <20040210122715.A31834@lists.us.dell.com> <20040210182631.A21504@mail.kroptech.com> <20040211121050.GC19047@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040211121050.GC19047@suse.de>; from axboe@suse.de on Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 01:10:50PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 01:10:50PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10 2004, Adam Kropelin wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 12:27:15PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 12:06:03PM -0600, Stuart_Hayes@Dell.com wrote: > > > > > > > > At risk of sounding stupid, how can a user space program check the type of > > > > media (DVD vs. CD) that's in the drive? I think that's what magicdev is > > > > trying to do. > > > > Thanks > > > > Stuart > > > > > > > > > Stuart, FYI, more linux-kernel ettiquite. > > > > > > People much prefer to see a quoting style as above (date, from line, > > > inline >-delimited note you're quoting, followed by non->-delimited > > > text. (Such as this). Outlook doesn't do this very well, as it > > > always wants to put your response at the top of the message, but with > > > cut-n-paste you can make the messages look more like what l-k expects. > > > > I find OE-QuoteFix and Outlook-QuoteFix do a nice job of making > > Outlook Express and Outlook, respectively, more standards compliant in > > this regard. In addition to fixing up the message quoting syntax to what > > Matt described, they also cleanly handle line wraps. In short, they make > > life much easier for those of us tied to Windows boxes at the office. > > > > OE-QuoteFix: > > http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ > > > > Outlook-QuoteFix: > > http://flash.to/outlook-quotefix/ > > Maybe it would be a good idea to have this info added to the FAQ, for > those unfortunately individuals that cannot easily switch to a decent > mua? Here's a patch against the current version of the lkml FAQ. Richard, I added myself as a contributor to keep consistent style, but I have no problem if you just want to paste the text in somewhere appropriate instead. Also feel free to rephrase as needed. --Adam --- index.html Wed Feb 11 18:25:27 2004 +++ index.html.new Wed Feb 11 18:25:11 2004 @@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ Andrew D. Balsa +
  • ADK: +Adam D. Kropelin +
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  • CP : Colin Plumb
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  • +(ADK) +Outlook and Outlook Express are particularly broken with regard to +proper reply quoting style. +Outlook-QuoteFix +and +OE-QuoteFix are a couple of useful tools that make +corresponding on linux-kernel easier for people forced to use +these damaged mailers. In addition to fixing up the message +quoting syntax, they also cleanly handle line wraps. +
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  • (REG) Please don't use tabs or multiple spaces to quote text. Use the "> " sequence instead. Using whitespace to quote text