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May 11, 2009, 05:36 AM
 
There must be some trick that the thread whores know that I don't when replying to multiple postings in one post, but quoting several people. I always have to use a text editor and then paste into my browser when I have to quote a few people.

Is there a trick? Easier way?
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May 11, 2009, 06:19 AM
 
That little "+" next to the "quote" button... click that in each post you want to quote, then when you have all the posts you want quoted selected, click on the "quote" button in one of them.

I just don't yet quite know what order to expect those previous posts to show up in. Other than that, this is really simple.
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May 11, 2009, 09:15 AM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
That little "+" next to the "quote" button... click that in each post you want to quote, then when you have all the posts you want quoted selected, click on the "quote" button in one of them.

I just don't yet quite know what order to expect those previous posts to show up in. Other than that, this is really simple.
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There must be some trick that the thread whores know that I don't when replying to multiple postings in one post, but quoting several people. I always have to use a text editor and then paste into my browser when I have to quote a few people.

Is there a trick? Easier way?
Thankyou. Tested as well.
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May 11, 2009, 07:04 PM
 
The + button does work, but I always just middle-click the "quote" button to open them all in tabs and then copy and paste as desired.
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May 11, 2009, 07:47 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
That little "+" next to the "quote" button... click that in each post you want to quote, then when you have all the posts you want quoted selected, click on the "quote" button in one of them.

I just don't yet quite know what order to expect those previous posts to show up in. Other than that, this is really simple.
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The + button does work, but I always just middle-click the "quote" button to open them all in tabs and then copy and paste as desired.
Did they ever fix that bug where the "+" button would never get un-highlighted, even after you'd already made the post?

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Originally Posted by CharlesS View Post
Did they ever fix that bug where the "+" button would never get un-highlighted, even after you'd already made the post?
Apparently so! Nice.

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May 12, 2009, 02:01 AM
 
Originally Posted by mattyb View Post
There must be some trick that the thread whores know that I don't when replying to multiple postings in one post, but quoting several people. I always have to use a text editor and then paste into my browser when I have to quote a few people.

Is there a trick? Easier way?
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
That little "+" next to the "quote" button... click that in each post you want to quote, then when you have all the posts you want quoted selected, click on the "quote" button in one of them.

I just don't yet quite know what order to expect those previous posts to show up in. Other than that, this is really simple.
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Thankyou. Tested as well.
Originally Posted by Chuckit View Post
The + button does work, but I always just middle-click the "quote" button to open them all in tabs and then copy and paste as desired.
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Did they ever fix that bug where the "+" button would never get un-highlighted, even after you'd already made the post?
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Apparently so! Nice.

 


it's a very handy feature in deed.

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Apparently, using the spoiler tag in a multi quoted reply is buggy
     
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May 12, 2009, 03:29 AM
 
Originally Posted by Chuckit View Post
The + button does work, but I always just middle-click the "quote" button to open them all in tabs and then copy and paste as desired.
Same here. Seems easiest to me. I somehow always ended up screwing up the plus thing.
     
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May 13, 2009, 12:45 PM
 
It is nice knowing that others had 'issues' with multiple quoting.
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Originally Posted by CharlesS View Post
Apparently so! Nice.
Oh Hallelujah. This annoyed the hell out of me.

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