Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.011 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'finally:': 0.05; 'lines.': 0.07; 'subject:help': 0.07; 'python:': 0.09; 'recommends': 0.09; 'dec': 0.15; '(when': 0.16; 'reason.': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86.74': 0.16; 'received:smtp.webfaction.com': 0.16; 'received:webfaction.com': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'everyone,': 0.17; 'thu,': 0.17; '>>>': 0.18; 'posted': 0.22; 'insert': 0.23; 'this:': 0.23; 'least': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'lines': 0.28; 'chris': 0.28; 'post': 0.28; 'mind,': 0.29; 'occurred': 0.29; 'quoting': 0.29; 'things,': 0.29; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.33; 'agree': 0.34; 'list': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'subject:Please': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'delete': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'google': 0.39; 'little': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'postal': 0.65; 'middle': 0.66; 'saw': 0.75; '11:45': 0.84; 'quotations': 0.84; 'subject:you': 0.88; 'insane': 0.93 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:17:25 -0500 From: Mitya Sirenef User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121011 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Please help if you can! References: <7333128a-6866-4e3c-8436-d5b2397beadc@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1356571049 news.xs4all.nl 6842 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56154 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:35563 On 12/26/2012 08:00 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Joshua Landau > wrote: >> FINALLY: >> When you use Google Groups, your quotations look to us like this: >> >>> This is something I said >>> >>> with lots of extra >>> >>> lines in the middle >>> >>> for no reason. Google >>> >>> Groups sucks, basically. >> So please just delete the part where you quote other people. I think there >> are other ways of quoting properly, but you might as well just not quote. >> (When you quoted my post, the result was *literally* twice as long!) >> > One of the regulars on the list has posted a run-down of how to post > from Google Groups without annoying everyone, and among other things, > it recommends manually deleting all the blank lines. To my mind, > though, this would be insane and inane tedium. I recommend signing up I have to agree - I saw that howto as well and it occurred to me that if we have to delete blank lines manually we might as well use postal pigeons with tiny little papyrus scrolls - at least those don't insert blank lines automatically! -m -- Lark's Tongue Guide to Python: http://lightbird.net/larks/