q quote just high light the text and press q quote and you get this.Originally Posted by ceburat
"Quote"
- opens up a new Window (or Tab) and includes the text of the quote you're replying to. You can preview the post before you submit it, if you want.
"q-Quote"
- adds text that you've previously selected (highlighted using the mouse) to the "Quick Reply" box at the bottom of the page. Good for selecting bits from several posts that you want to reply to. You can post straight away or "Go Advanced", which means you can preview your post before submitting it.
Problems: if you select text written by member A that is being quoted by member B, the text will attributed to member B. All sorts of wierd things can happen when selecting text across the quote boxes.
"+"
- allows you to include more than one complete previous post in your reply. The "+" indicator turns red for a post that you've selected. To start your reply after selecting several posts, just click another "Quote" button or the "Add Reply" button at the top or bottom of the page. So if you want to include two posts, click on "+" for one of them, and then click on "Quote" for the second one.
"Paper and Quill"
- sends you straight to the "Quick Reply" box at the bottom of the page. Nothing is added to the "Quick Reply" box, but text already added using the "q-Quote" buttons stays there. You can post straight away or you can "Go Advanced", which means you can preview your post before you submit it.
Last edited by RDN; 09-11-2006 at 09:47 PM.
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Wow, I just learned something myself!
If one does quotes the old-fashioned way, i.e. copy/paste, there is the Wrap quote tag in the message tool bar, highlight the text, then click the button.
For even more manual editing of quotes, make sure you insert the right sequence of quote and unquote tabs.
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