OpenEuphoria.org
Ticket #179:
Forum quotes should not nest
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Reported by
CoJaBo
Aug 10, 2010
CoJaBo said...
do we really need to nest quotes indefinably?
CoJaBo said...
This is really confusing and pointless-
CoJaBo said...
most if not all forums strip all but the topmost level of quoted text, like I have to do manually every time.
CoJaBo said...
Nested tags are hellishly complicated to deal with.
Oh, also the Preview Content button does not work.
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1. Comment by jimcbrown
Aug 10, 2010
For those users who know how to use Creole well, and who know how to deal with many levels of quotes, (and also how to cut out irrevelant text and re-arrange the relevant stuff to make it easier to follow), I think nesting should be left in as an option. Just not the default option. It's nice to be able to quote more that just the person immediately above you when responding to a point.
2. Comment by jimcbrown
Aug 10, 2010
Changed to Feature Request.
3. Comment by jimcbrown
Aug 10, 2010
Changed from Creole to OpenEuphoria.org (it is not located in Creole code but in euweb code).
4. Comment by DerekParnell
Aug 10, 2010
I'm not confused, nor do I see it as pointless or complex.
The idea of an option mode is a good compromise. It should be one of the 'personal' options in a user's profile.
And BTW, the Preview Comment button does work. Why do you think it doesn't?
5. Comment by mattlewis
Aug 10, 2010
I suppose that this would be fine as a customizable setting per user. I could see the point of having some sort of UI to select what to quote, and doing the right thing, but I prefer to be able to define whatever level of context I want.
But the non-quoting in the ticket preview is a real bug.
6. Comment by jimcbrown
Aug 10, 2010
This is a comment that I'm previewing but won't update. (At least not deliberately.)
7. Comment by jimcbrown
Aug 10, 2010
Looks like its only an issue for me because my browser doesn't support javascript.
8. Comment by mattlewis
Aug 10, 2010
The preview works, generally, but the quote tags aren't converted into divs, etc. I'm not sure where all of that happens, but from looking at the ticket templates vs the forum templates, the previews seem to be generated differently. IIRC, the quote tag is handled by the forum software, not creole.
9. Comment by DerekParnell
Aug 10, 2010
Creole does [quote] processing.
10. Comment by jeremy
Oct 30, 2010
Many times quoting more than one is necessary to keep the context. The forum supports both threaded views and individual message views. Only quoting the last message would be a mistake.
I think it should be up to the user to quote what is necessary and remove what is not necessary. The computer cannot decided what is in or out of context for a given reply.
11. Comment by jimcbrown
Oct 30, 2010
Some forums break these out automatically, so that instead of
[quote DerekP]
Text.
[quote jeremy_c]
Reply.
[quote rywilly]
More text.
[/quote]
[/quote]
[/quote]
It is presented to the user as
[quote DerekP]
Text.
[/quote]
[quote jeremy_c]
Reply.
[/quote]
[quote rywilly]
More text.
[/quote]
Having only the last post quoted is probably easier to implement, though.
I'm not sure that I agree with the context argument. If a viewer wants to see the entire context of a message, that person just needs to hit "view thread" to see everything.
Certainly, though, a poster should have the write to use nested comments. Which is the reason I'm in favor of making this a configurable option.
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