[Pan-users] Re: OT: calling all old-timers -- using * for attributions

[Robert Marshall]

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Jim Henderson wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:47:51 +0000, Brad Rogers wrote:
> 
>> My usenet use goes back to about 1992, with approx ten yrs BBSing prior
>> and I don't recall seeing it on Fido, or any other fido type network,
>> either.
> 
> I was thinking this was possible, but perhaps it could've been something 
> before FidoNet, like some of the old Citadel-style BBS' or from that era.
> 
> My first exposure to USENET was through a custom-developed BBS package 
> used by a company called Exchange Data (I don't *think* I used it before 
> then, but I could be wrong - my memory isn't what it once was) back in 
> the early/mid 80's, and I don't recall seeing this type of attribution 
> style there.
> 

I go back to the late 80's too in usenet use - I can recall a variety of
prefix characters for quoting but not *'s - they were used - as in your
reply for emphasis

I've just looked up the 1993 version of the supercite manual

http://www.fnal.gov/docs/products/emacs/v19_34/sc_1.html

(I used to use this) and that only (on a quick scan) seems to mention >'s
quoting - apart from its own style of citation using name>

Robert
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