How "Split Block" helps cut down on cut/paste:

Post #27,433 by CRConrad 2/5/02 6:19:11 PM Reply	How "Split Block" helps cut down on cut/paste: Scott II writes: Split Block just seems to generate 2 pairs of [blockquote type="cite"] [/blockquote]. It seems that the same cut-and-paste actions are required. Naah; you get one set of blockquote tags around each paragraph with "Split Block". (I've always assumed that's what it means: The post you're replying to is split up into paragraph-size blocks.) [X] Unfortunately, because most of us separate our paragraphs with an extra pair of newlines, you also usually get an empty pair of blockquote tags (I've put in a "[X]" to illustrate it above) between each real paragraph. What am I missing? The fact that an empty post like my previous one gives the same result in "Block" and "Split Block", probably... :-) [X] Oh, and these empty blockquote tag pairs are still: A) Easier to delete than it is to copy a single pair around and split up a post manually, and B) Useful if you want to further split up a paragraph to reply to two separate points in it: Just cut one bit out and paste it into one of these! :-) Thanks. You're welcome; HTH! Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything (But is still rather amazed that someone could miss that select box and button for months on end.)
Post #27,434 by Another Scott 2/5/02 6:25:52 PM Reply	Thanks. Thanks. You're welcome; HTH! It does indeed. (But is still rather amazed that someone could miss that select box and button for months on end.) Hey, it just seemed to be extraneous stuff. I had no need to post "Symbols" nor make things "Wider" so I didn't investigate the other options. I managed to pick up enough HTML to do italics, bold, and blockquotes, so I was happy. And it never occurred to me to highlight a block of text and then mess around with the Quote and Change buttons to see what would happen.... Until you bestowed your wisdom upon me. :-) Thanks again. Cheers, Scott.
Post #27,438 by CRConrad 2/5/02 7:12:56 PM Reply	You're welcome! (And so is Brandhisim, dammit...)
Post #27,614 by Ashton 2/7/02 2:24:27 AM Reply	Reassuring that I'm not the only one who doesn't reexplore such things as 'Symbol' after I thought I had, and didn't expect NEW STUFF to be snuck in and.. such. (Maybe it's a M$-ingrained habit, an aversion to all Their menus of All that bloat - after initially finding the Few useful things.) Hmmm how's that for rationalization of terminal feature sloth ? Ashton Luddite

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