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From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Folder prefix character
Message-ID: <1990Sep8.015452.801@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
Date: 8 Sep 90 01:54:52 GMT
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I had just sat down to read write the summary on the folder prefix
discussion, when jtc@wimsey.bc.ca (J.T. Conklin) writes:

>The recent discussion on which character should be used as a folder
>prefix has prompted several people to ask that it be specified while
>running Configure or as an elmrc option.

>The one problem I have with specifying the folder prefix char with
>Configure is that it results in versions of elm whos default behavior
>differ from one version to the next.

>If the prefix char is specified in elmrc, the user has more control.
>Given the same elmrc, the behavior of elm should be the same,
>reguardless of Configure settings.

J. T. has nailed it pretty good.  Here's how I'll do it:

The default character will be '='.  A '+' (or any other non-alphanumeric
printable character) will be allowed, but users must set them in their
elmrc files.