"Quoting" other users

[AB Editor]

Morning,

I'm hoping to have a way for us to "quote" one another today.

Questions:

1. How would you like the quotes to look? Italics? Bold? A different colour? All suggestions will be considered.

2. How would you like to implement it? We need a trigger to tell the system "this is a quote". This trigger will be typed before and after the quote so the system to knows where to begin and end. Some options:

{quote}message to be "quoted"{quote}
[Q]message to be "quoted"[Q]
*message to be "quoted"*

It is possible we could put some pretty quote marks around the quote. Who would be in favour of this?

Maybe like this:

"Quoting"

[Lie-in King]

So the[i [q] [i]does nothing?]

[Lie-in King]

Gawd...

[bibblebub]

let me try it with a crossword answer:

coat = mac
bottom of boat = keel
trace of rust = [r]

mac[ike[i]r]el

[bibblebub]

again... mac[ike[i]r]el

[Zeuhl]

Lie In

ummmm's instructions

Zeuhl. You have to put an 'i' in <br/> <br/> like that <<< either end of the quote.[i]

[Zeuhl]

That should be:

an i
inside sq brackets
before and after your quote

[Mamyalynne]

Gawd

[bibblebub]

does there have to be a space after the closing [i] ?

(let me try once more - mac[i ke[i]r] el)

[Lie-in King]

Zeuhl - I can do this bit

It was trying to do something similar to b'bub that threw the last one...

[Frank97]

Wouldn't a quote post button have been easier?

[bibblebub]

several colours would be useful for some crossword answers so that one can indicate how the letters given by parts of the clue fit together to give the full answer

[AB Editor]

How to add italics to your AnswerBank answer:

just like this

Shall we see how it looks?

[mccfluff]

[testing]

[mccfluff]

bugger

[ummmm]

No Fluff...type this either end [i]

[mccfluff]

bugger

[mccfluff]

cheers

bet you i forget that within 10

[ummmm]

It's easy Fluff. Even I can remember it!!!

[Zeuhl]

Lie In

You're obviously on Book 2

I'll come back when it's explained in simple cartoon pictures

[Brenden]

have i got it