No quote feature?

GUTTERbOY · September 6, 2004, 03:41 AM

On the other forums I frequent, in each post there is button which automatically lets you reply with that particular post's text displayed as a quote. Now, I can copy-paste and manually stick it in the [quote] tags, but it's easier and nicer with the button to use, especially since it usually includes the name of the quoted individual. I find that quoting makes it easier to respond to cetain points in a discussion.

Is there actually a button for that here that I'm not seeing? If not could this feature be enabled?

Thanks for the time- good to see TFL back up again. This place is responsible for a large portion of my firearms education.

**tyme** · September 6, 2004, 04:23 AM

The quote button tends to lead to over-quoting.

Quartus · September 6, 2004, 12:12 PM

I hang out on a board that uses it, and it's gaggingly common to have someone hit the quote button on a looooooonnng post just to add one comment.

Usually a "me too!". :barf:

I'm glad it's not used here, though I do appreciate it's usefulness. But you can do the same thing with just a few steps. Just highlight the post, hit "Reply", paste it in, then, while it's still hightlighted, hit the "Quote" button. (THat's the text box looking thingy - the rightmost of the formatting buttons if you are in Enhanced mode.

Now please edit the quote so you are only responding to the salient points!

GUTTERbOY · September 6, 2004, 01:08 PM

All excellent points, I must admit. I didn't even think of it beyond my own inconvenience, you know, having to CTRL-C and CTRL-V and such... way too much work!

Good to go!

TheBluesMan · September 7, 2004, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GUTTERbOY

especially since it usually includes the name of the quoted individual.

You can add the name of the quoted member by making your first quote look like this: {quote=GUTTERbOY} and it'll look just like it does above.

Quartus · September 7, 2004, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GUTTERbOY

especially since it usually includes the name of the quoted individual. .

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBluesMan

You can add the name of the quoted member by making your first quote look like this: {quote=GUTTERbOY} and it'll look just like it does above.

Which is especially helpful if you are quoting several people so you can tell them ALL why they're wrong!

Tamara · September 7, 2004, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quartus

I hang out on a board that uses it, and it's gaggingly common to have someone hit the quote button on a looooooonnng post just to add one comment.

Usually a "me too!". :barf:

I'm glad it's not used here, though I do appreciate it's usefulness. But you can do the same thing with just a few steps. Just highlight the post, hit "Reply", paste it in, then, while it's still hightlighted, hit the "Quote" button. (THat's the text box looking thingy - the rightmost of the formatting buttons if you are in Enhanced mode.

Now please edit the quote so you are only responding to the salient points!

Me too!

Quartus · September 7, 2004, 02:08 PM

September 6, 2004, 03:41 AM	#1
GUTTERbOY Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 19	No quote feature? On the other forums I frequent, in each post there is button which automatically lets you reply with that particular post's text displayed as a quote. Now, I can copy-paste and manually stick it in the [quote] tags, but it's easier and nicer with the button to use, especially since it usually includes the name of the quoted individual. I find that quoting makes it easier to respond to cetain points in a discussion. Is there actually a button for that here that I'm not seeing? If not could this feature be enabled? Thanks for the time- good to see TFL back up again. This place is responsible for a large portion of my firearms education.

September 6, 2004, 04:23 AM	#2
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Location: Novalis 978-0553586251 Posts: 3,014	The quote button tends to lead to over-quoting. __________________ "Want to keep guns out of the hands of felons? Make fewer felons in the first place." --Vanya "God doesn't make the world this way. We do." --Rorschach, Watchmen "You should know that if you don't do this thing, you won't be in any shape to walk out of here." "Would that be physically, or just a mental state?" --Miller's Crossing

September 6, 2004, 12:12 PM	#3
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,825	I hang out on a board that uses it, and it's gaggingly common to have someone hit the quote button on a looooooonnng post just to add one comment. Usually a "me too!". :barf: I'm glad it's not used here, though I do appreciate it's usefulness. But you can do the same thing with just a few steps. Just highlight the post, hit "Reply", paste it in, then, while it's still hightlighted, hit the "Quote" button. (THat's the text box looking thingy - the rightmost of the formatting buttons if you are in Enhanced mode. Now please edit the quote so you are only responding to the salient points! __________________ . Better to know what you don't know than to think you know what you don't know.

September 6, 2004, 01:08 PM	#4
GUTTERbOY Member Join Date: February 3, 2002 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 19	All excellent points, I must admit. I didn't even think of it beyond my own inconvenience, you know, having to CTRL-C and CTRL-V and such... way too much work! Good to go! __________________ *FLY NAVY!!!* "If guns cause crime, all mine are defective" -Ted Nugent

September 7, 2004, 02:08 PM	#8
Quartus Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,825