From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Austin Frank Subject: Re: desirability of boxquote-style snippets for helping new users Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:32:53 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20524da70901151741n2ee14a3fta28b32b32d45b132@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0471140168==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNeWH-00042V-07 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:33:13 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNeWF-00040V-Im for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:33:12 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38505 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNeWF-00040S-Dn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:33:11 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:35455 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LNeWE-00018A-TY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:33:11 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LNeW8-0006nW-D9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:33:04 +0000 Received: from cpe-74-69-93-157.rochester.res.rr.com ([74.69.93.157]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:33:04 +0000 Received: from austin.frank by cpe-74-69-93-157.rochester.res.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:33:04 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --===============0471140168== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 15 2009, Samuel Wales wrote: > I have noticed more people using boxquote and similar ways of setting > off code. This makes it pretty and makes it stand out, both of which > are good things. > > [snip] > > What do you think? For anyone using gnus, I think a good alternative is to use message-mark-inserted region. Select a region and hit C-c M-m to get =2D-8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- a region set apart in this manner. =2D-8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- If you use a prefix on the command, C-u C-c M-m, you get slrn style verbatim marks, #v+ resulting in a region set a part in this manner. #v- Gnus gives nice highlighting in buffers containing sections like these. Even for mail readers that don't recognize them, I think at least the first is a good way of setting examples apart from the rest of the text. FWIW, I do like boxquote for quoting excerpts from Info pages. On an info page, put some text into the kill ring (I use kill-ring-save, which is M-w in my setup). Then call M-x boxquote-info. ,----[ (info "(message)Insertion") ] | `C-c M-m' | Mark some region in the current article with enclosing tags. See | `message-mark-insert-begin' and `message-mark-insert-end'. When | called with a prefix argument, use slrn style verbatim marks | (`#v+' and `#v-'). `---- Just my $0.02. /au =2D-=20 Austin Frank http://aufrank.net GPG Public Key (D7398C2F): http://aufrank.net/personal.asc --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAklv8dYACgkQlHMl2/XbR4EhmwCfbnt1HUgZ3nQE4zyWheIuyHqk jsAAniZvHMldogSnxzheXURUR1wO8dC4 =f2Kb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- --===============0471140168== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode --===============0471140168==--