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problems with 5.32

#8887
From: Kyle Jones
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 07:29
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r.2410 writes:
 > I've just upgraded to 5.32 from 5.31. When scrolling msgs with
 > the space key from the summary window, quoted text in the
 > folder window gets messed up. The quoting character is ">".
 > This is very strange...

Sounds like a display problem rather thana VM problem.

 > A wish: I'd like to be able to define the regexp of the
 > separator in a digest via a variable. This would allow
 > vm-burst-digest to work better with non-rfc934 digests. Also,
 > the last msg in the digest is lost if it's not terminated by
 > the separator. There should be a way to avoid this. My problem
 > at the moment is with ctt-digest.

There are a multitude of such digests out there.  A variable
would cause more problems than it would solve.

 > I also find that the separator defined by the standard is very
 > weak. Many people put a -- in the begining of a line before
 > the signature, and this fools the conformant burster.

If the digest were created according to the 934 standard,
incidences of lines beginning with - in the digested message
would be appropriately quoted.
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