[seqfan] Re: Four Tildes -- an issue

[Charles Greathouse]

> a formatting issue that arises: if the four tildes don't
> end the line, it appears that they aren't recognized by the server and
> are not transformed into name and date.  On the other hand, if they are
> the last characters on the line, it appears to be impossible to surround
> the name and date entry with brackets or other formatting.

I agree that this would be convenient. Languages like Perl or GP which
allow line comments should use them, but it would be nice to allow
languages like Mathematica which have only (AFAIK) block comments to
auto-sign, too.  When I author Mathematica programs I type my
signature manually, which is fine but probably more susceptible to
mistakes (misremembering the date, typos) and takes a bit longer.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Harvey P. Dale <hpd1 at nyu.edu> wrote:
>            Thanks to those who explained how to use four tildes (~~~~)
> to enter name and date.  I've been complying with that protocol.  There
> is, however, a formatting issue that arises: if the four tildes don't
> end the line, it appears that they aren't recognized by the server and
> are not transformed into name and date.  On the other hand, if they are
> the last characters on the line, it appears to be impossible to surround
> the name and date entry with brackets or other formatting.
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>            I think it is desired (and desirable) for name and date in
> Mma program fields to be surrounded by "(*" and "*)" but the four tildes
> don't seem to permit that easily.  In certain other fields, it is
> desired (and desirable) for name and date to be surrounded by square
> brackets.  Of course, re-editing the sequence would allow one to do
> these things manually, but that's a bit tedious.  I wonder whether the
> proper formatting for each particular field could be supplied by the
> server (i.e., by Russ's programming)?
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>            Best,
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>            Harvey
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