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From: jensen@diku.dk (J|rgen Jensen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: setting Sign in /usr/ucb/mail
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.152205.23031@odin.diku.dk>
Date: 15 Feb 91 15:22:05 GMT
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pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov (Peter Scott) writes:

>[...]

>Also, how can the argument to the "set sign=" command contain
>both single (') and double (") quotes that are correctly
>reproduced upon ~a?

You could just reverse the character used for quoting, as
needed.  E.g.:

    set sign="I'm a "'real "neeb"'

Works for me anyway.  (Note: the word "neeb" was chosen for
purposes of illustration only.)

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