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From: dorayme on 27 Feb 2010 17:55 In article <mantei-5572FC.19233027022010(a)news1.open-news-network.org>, Ned Mantei <mantei(a)cell.biol.ethz.ch> wrote: > In article <270220100928031606%geo(a)sjgoiuw.com>, > George <geo(a)sjgoiuw.com> wrote: > > > I would like the result of the copy to be JUST the "johnsmith(a)acme.com" > > part without the name and the lessthan and greaterthan symbols. > > Possible? > > See http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20091203062729936 > Terminal is excellent solution! Well spotted. -- dorayme
From: Tom Stiller on 27 Feb 2010 18:01 In article <doraymeRidThis-C9EF0D.08394428022010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > In article > <tom_stiller-E5DF62.12513527022010(a)news.individual.net>, > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In article <270220101211556149%doozy(a)earthling.net.invalid>, > > Philo D <doozy(a)earthling.net.invalid> wrote: > > > > > In article <hmbibh$be$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, John McWilliams > > > <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe just a question of my curiosity, as I am usually going the other > > > > way: I want to see the names of folk, but they are more like: > > > > > > > > Susie Que <tomatoes(a)millions.com> > > > > > > > > than a repeat in the name as Mr. Smith above. So why suppress the > > > > proper > > > > name? > > > > > > When the web form asks me for email address, and I paste "Susie Que > > > <tomatoes(a)millions.com>" what happens? Probably not what I want. > > > > I wonder why you are pasting someone else's email address in a web form? > > Why wonder this, have you nothing better to do? The OP's > perfectly reasonable technical question has nothing to do with > any particular ethical use of copy/pasting. I wonder because that's my nature (recall the fable of the frog and the scorpion). > > Would the following be perfectly ethically acceptable for you > (and all the other ethical wonderers that seem so numerous in > this group, look at those who have responded so far, members of > JORBHTTES?): > > Someone makes an HTML form for a client in response to an email, > it needs email addresses both for the php script and the form, it > would be handy to be able to simply copy/paste just the actual > address from the email. I suppose it's alright for others; I don't render HTML in my email client. > > Under Tiger, just the address gets copied to most text editors > (unless it is in the Address book and you call for New Message in > Mail and paste from the clipboard). But there is this fault in SL > it seems. Editing the address seems the only option when the > inappropriate rest is not wanted. There seem no preference > settings that fix this. But there is a defaults write to Mail's preferences that will do it or, for those too squeamish for the Terminal, there's TinkerTool. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: dorayme on 27 Feb 2010 18:32 In article <tom_stiller-AD89D9.18013827022010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <doraymeRidThis-C9EF0D.08394428022010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: .... > > Would the following be perfectly ethically acceptable for you: > > > > Someone makes an HTML form for a client in response to an email, > > it needs email addresses both for the php script and the form, it > > would be handy to be able to simply copy/paste just the actual > > address from the email. > > I suppose it's alright for others; I don't render HTML in my email > client. I meant making an HTML form for a webpage, nothing to do with email. In email forms and server side scripts, there is a need to tell the script(s) and the hidden inputs in the form about what email addresses to send the data to. Anyway, the problem is solved by a Terminal command. I hope there are such commands to fix the least little thing I am not going to like about 10.6. I am shy to tell you about them till I investigate a bit more. <g> -- dorayme
From: Tom Stiller on 27 Feb 2010 18:45 In article <doraymeRidThis-6A9F5B.10320228022010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > In article > <tom_stiller-AD89D9.18013827022010(a)news.individual.net>, > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In article <doraymeRidThis-C9EF0D.08394428022010(a)news.albasani.net>, > > dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > ... > > > Would the following be perfectly ethically acceptable for you: > > > > > > Someone makes an HTML form for a client in response to an email, > > > it needs email addresses both for the php script and the form, it > > > would be handy to be able to simply copy/paste just the actual > > > address from the email. > > > > I suppose it's alright for others; I don't render HTML in my email > > client. > > I meant making an HTML form for a webpage, nothing to do with > email. In email forms and server side scripts, there is a need to > tell the script(s) and the hidden inputs in the form about what > email addresses to send the data to. So why would I be copying an address from a email message to past into this form? > > Anyway, the problem is solved by a Terminal command. I hope there > are such commands to fix the least little thing I am not going to > like about 10.6. I am shy to tell you about them till I > investigate a bit more. <g> Right; and there's TinkerTool for the Terminalphobes. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: dorayme on 27 Feb 2010 19:10
In article <tom_stiller-3CD863.18455827022010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <doraymeRidThis-6A9F5B.10320228022010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > In article > > <tom_stiller-AD89D9.18013827022010(a)news.individual.net>, > > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <doraymeRidThis-C9EF0D.08394428022010(a)news.albasani.net>, > > > dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > ... > > > > Would the following be perfectly ethically acceptable for you: > > > > > > > > Someone makes an HTML form for a client in response to an email, > > > > it needs email addresses both for the php script and the form, it > > > > would be handy to be able to simply copy/paste just the actual > > > > address from the email. > > > > > > I suppose it's alright for others; I don't render HTML in my email > > > client. > > > > I meant making an HTML form for a webpage, nothing to do with > > email. In email forms and server side scripts, there is a need to > > tell the script(s) and the hidden inputs in the form about what > > email addresses to send the data to. > > So why would I be copying an address from a email message to past into > this form? How would I know, this is nothing to do with you or me. I gave you an example of where it is ethically pure to copy paste an email address. I was not talking pasting into a form on a webpage, I was talking pasting into text files that get parked on servers. These text files are the machinery, as it were, behind web forms. -- dorayme |