[Gllug] cuserid?

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Tue Oct 18 18:47:19 UTC 2005


On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Martin A. Brooks mused:
> Peter Grandi wrote:
>> peterachilds> Ok So why can't I get the effective user id and
>> peterachilds> then look it up using the settings in nsswitch.conf
>> peterachilds> using standard nss libraries I guess.
> 
> Unrelated question, Peter, but what mail client do you use?
> 
> That quoting style is, without doubt, the ugliest and most irritating
> I have ever seen :)

It is the (vile, IMO) supercite.

trivialcite is superior IMHO: you get customizability and things like
flowing quoted text properly *without* pissing off all your respondents.

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