[LMB] Alternate easy methods to tag quotes

[Paula Lieberman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter H. Granzeau" <pgranzeau at cox.net>


> At 08:36 AM 3/9/2008, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:
>>> From: Peter H. Granzeau <pgranzeau at cox.net>
>>> Date: 09 March 2008 02:18
>>>
>>> At 04:05 PM 3/8/2008, micki  yamada wrote:
>>>
>>> >I'm going to Sherwood a bunch of replies since they all apply to
>>typography
>>> >and list manners.
>>>
>>> Um:  What does "Sherwood" mean in this context?
>>
>>Isn't it in the FAQ ?
>
> I apologise:  I have never read the FAQ, and have, to my remembrance, 
> never been in whatever Web site contains them.
>
>>Answering several branches of the tree/thread in one post.
>>
>>> >I'll give this carat-thing a shot for quoting; I don't want to 
>>> >hand-carat
>>> >everything, either. But I will try to keep the quoting to the absolute
>>> >minimum.
>>>
>>> Carat?  I thought that was a measurement of fineness in gold?
>>
>>The word Mikki is after is caret (wedge-shaped mark).
>
> This is a caret:  ^.  It's not normally used for quoting.  I have used it 
> to denote powers of ten (such as, 1000 += 10 ^ 3).

>  is an "angle bracket"    <>  is a pair of angle brackets.  [] is a pair 
> of brackets.   {} are a pair of curly brackets

> I'm not sure, but I think that > is called a less than (and < is called, 
> thereby, a greater than).  Or maybe I have them backward.

>  means greater than     < is less than