Re: [Pan-users] One-off colorization of attributions.

[Duncan]

On Mon 13 Jan 2003 16:52, Eric Ortega posted as excerpted below:
> I wish, I wish, Santa Claus could figure out this magic.  I want a
> newsreader that is capable of color-coding responses with posts in the
> proper, and not one-off, fashion.  It would reduce many, many headaches.
>
>   Note that the attribution, which says that this is from "Von Fourche" is
> in brown, while the actual words he wrote are in purple.
>
>   Note that the attribution, which says that this is from "The Beet Man" is
> in red, while the actual words he wrote are in brown.
>
>   Note that the attribution, which says that this is from "Bushay" is in
>   purple, while the actual words he wrote are in red.
>
>   Note that the attribution, which says that this is from "HC" is in
>   brown, while the actual words he wrote are in purple.
>
>   Note that the attribution, which says that this is from "g e e k . t r a
> g e d y" is in red, while the actual words he wrote are in brown.
>
>   Note that the attribution, which says that this is from "The Beet Man"
>   is in purple, while the actual words he wrote are in red.
>
>
> I know that this is a tedious email to decipher, but it is simply
> reflecting the tedium of deciphering multiple responses, I guess.
>
> The real problem lies in the colorization of multiple '> >' or whatevers.
> It never works right, it's always off by one as-per Usenet standard.

Actually, that's exactly the way it should work, logically.  Think of it this 
way:  Who wrote the attribution line?  It wasn't the guy being quoted, it was 
the guy AFTER him.  Thus, the attribution line is colored as one would 
expect, in the quote color of that level of quote, as attributed by the 
previous level.

IOW, in a single level quote, the person replying creates the attribution 
line, NOT the person being quoted, so it should be in the "new material" 
color.  A second level quote will be attributed by the guy at the first level 
quote, so the attribution should be colored in the correct color for the 
person that wrote the attribution, and it is.  Again, it's all entirely and 
perfectly logical.  You just have to think about who wrote the attribution, 
not who is being attributed. because the color is based on who wrote it, 
whether it's an attribution line or not.

-- 
Duncan
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