[LMB] Alternate easy methods to tag quotes

Elvi Dalgaard elvi at vl.videotron.ca
Mon Mar 10 02:30:33 GMT 2008


Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
>>>> 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).
>   
 From the Wikipedia page on the caret:
"Another use of the term /caret/ is as a simple name for the 
greater-than sign, ">", when used as a prefix on lines of text being 
replied to in email or other posts."

Elvi


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