On Thu, 2 Jul 2015, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 01Jul2015 10:19, jd1008 <jd1008(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/30/2015 08:02 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, jd1008 wrote:
> >
> > > > Personally I tend to use a nontexty character for this kind of
> > > > placeholder, such as ^G. Less risk of excountering that in the input
> > > > text, and therefore less risk of accidentally mangling it.
> >
> > Eliminate risk.
> > Replace all strings of e's with another string of e's, one e longer.
> > Replace the intra-paragraph newlines with one e each.
> > Sort.
> > Undo the previous replacements.
> > If, for some reason, one does not like e, use a vertical stroke.
> >
> You misquote.
> I did not make the comment you attribute to me.
Indeed, but it looks like Michael Hennebry misquoted. As I made that
comment:-)
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)zip.com.au>
Would it help if I said I *wished* I'd made the comment?
billo