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From: crissl@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl (Stefan Linnemann)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Variants on a theme -- =, + and %
Message-ID: <954@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl>
Date: 31 Aug 90 07:52:22 GMT
References: <1990Aug31.014944.12335@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
Organization: Leiden University, the Netherlands.
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In <1990Aug31.014944.12335@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) writes:

>One of the suggestions made (by me) was that we drop the `+' and `%'
>and use only the `='.  This reduces the number of 'magic' characters in
>elm, thereby reducing user confusion (by the way, this behaviour *is*
>documented but only in a footnote).  But since this is a user-visible
>change, it seems appropriate to poll the user community before doing
>it.  Comments?

I never knew they were there, so by all means: drop 'em.