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Chit Chat / Re: Reply by Email - filters/parsers & notifications
Last post by Spuds -
Parsers find the match and CUT the message at that point, generally intended to cut off the original message

Filters find the match and replace it with some other text.  Normally used to remove things like, Sent from my iPhone, or other cruft.  If using a regex here and you wanted to get multiple lines you would have to use lazy matches and Modifiers  You can practice/test using the site https://regex101.com

1) I'm not sure what you are asking.  I don't think the system sends a notifications if you are the poster of a message in a thread you are watching. So if you do a reply by email to a thread you are watching, the system will not send you back the message you just sent. 

2) If you are not seeing the text, then in notifications you do not have send the body of the message selected. (per user setting)

3) Basic markdown support is available for email posting on 1.1 but not for "on line" posts.  2.0 added basic markdown support for "on line" posts. Some examples


~~strike~~ strike
**bold** bold
__bold__ bold
*italic* italic
_italic_ italic
> quote this --> must be at start of a line
Quotequote this
--- for a hr/rule --> must be start of line 
And the last one supported is 
Code: [Select]
`` place your inline code between tic makrs
for code tags  these can occur anywhere you like

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Site Feedback / Re: Knock knock!
Last post by Spuds -
I think Gmails from the site are failing (rejected) due to ipv6 authentication issues, I don't remember all the details ATM.

Emma is still around, its the old R/L real job story !  Plus still lazy !  I have not had much time to  work on Elk in the last couple of months, to many summer projects I'm trying to finish:hammer:

I knew your old domain was gone or changed or ?? as your old avatar was served off and stopped working  It was a family business site?

Always tough to "give away" an old account, you could be a poseur:laughing:What is your favorite color ?
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Chit Chat / Re: Stress relief
Last post by Spuds -
Quote from: Steeley – gotta look past my motorcycles to see what I mean
Good thing you said that, I did not even notice the deck/steps.  Nice scooters !

I also had my fun with decks this spring/summer as well ... just finished a week or so ago.  It started innocently enough, just replace the hand railing since it was checked and split.  Removed the railing and found the posts were all wobbly.  Looked into that and it was a combination of improper notching, no blocking, wrong lags, and not to code spacing.   It was a Cheech and Chong up in smoke special. QEt1jeu.gif

Welp ended up having to replace the handrails,  rails & balusters,  posts, a couple of deck boards, several stair treads and add in all the under deck blocking so the posts were solid.   Wanted to use smooth cedar and around here that is not stocked,  you have to order and wait for it to arrive.  So a simple paint touch-up turned into a couple of months LOL
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Chit Chat / Re: Stress relief
Last post by Steeley -
Well, if you're doing "cabinetry" type work, yea, you do need a "really-good saw[TM]" and a set up something like Spuds has..  I'm more of a framer, I don't insult 'carpenters' by claiming to be one. I've been complimented on my design and engineering, but never on my finish work. (And it's not because of my tools - I typically measure 3 times, cut once,  call it "practice", toss it in the scrap pile, and try again..)   :rolleyes:

I have to ask if you're married, and if so, if your wife is also Italian..  mine is, and there's no way she'd cut me slack for 3 years on a home remodel without making my life miserable... :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: 

Edit: Don't know what you can find over in the EU, but I did find my table saw stand (or something really close), available cheap here in the US on Ebay  - apparently Sears/Craftsman made bunches of these if you're interested. At least you know what to look around for..  I think I paid like $5 for mine long ago..
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Chit Chat / Re: Stress relief
Last post by radu81 -
Well... Yes I bought a DeWalt table saw and it was an an affair at that time, on amazon and other sites the price was something like 600-700e, even near to 800€, now it's "only" 540€. I paid it less than 400€ (320€ + 20€ shippings IIRC), new item without  warranty, don't ask me why and and how come it was possible... I don't know, I found a 5 minutes old auction published at 01:00 AM, I made an offer, and at 8 AM the seller asked me if I want to cancel my offer since he got other 20 other requests :) An used item on ebay was sold for 480€ + shippings a day before....
Anyway I don't have any fancy project to show for now since I only use it for rough works, there are 3 years since I try to finish to renovate my new house,  probably this year I'll do it, but I guess it's better to stop saying this, there are 3 years since the first time I said "I'll be in for Christmas" :( :( I did a lot of work by myself, but trust me, to renovate a 60 years old house it's not an easy task in Italy. If I could turn back time I would consider a complete demolition and rebuild....
I did consider other cheap alternatives, at that time the cheapest table saw was something like 250€ and trust me, it's impossible to make a perfect 90° cut on those table saws.  I've spent 5-10 minutes on the Dewalt table saw before making my first cut, and after that everything was ready to glue up...
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Site Feedback / Knock knock!
Last post by Brado -
Hello everyone! Been a long time since I've been here. And mostly that is because I was locked out of my account. haha I had setup an authenticator and then lost access to that after a phone change. As well I also stopped using my old domain which I assume my old account is still using the old email since I couldn't use the lost password. Which btw, I tried to setup another account with a gmail email and it would not send me the email verification. Never arrived and I didn't see anything in the spam folder. Hence why I'm posting in Site Feedback. :) My old account if you'd like to merge or give me access. :)

Good to see @Spuds still kicking the can down the road here! Emma still around? I'm seeing mostly Spuds in the git commits!
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Chit Chat / Re: Stress relief
Last post by Steeley -
Quote from: radu81 –
Quote from: radu81 – as you know a circular saw is not as precise as a table saw,
I solved this, I found a good offer for a new DeWalt DW7485-qs and I couldn' resist. Next step is to build a stable table saw.  :wink:


Those are nice saws...  but you don't have to get too fancy @radu81

I came across a metal stand at a garage sale some 35 years ago.. that, bolting a piece of plywood to it and and a couple c-clamps to hold the table saw firm works just fine..  I don't think I've got $50 in all of it (including the saw), and I've built decks, sheds, platforms, the porch, workshop in the garage, you name it with that dude. Add a Black and Decker Workmate (WM225-A) or similar to extend the platform for long lumber .. and it all breaks down in minutes and can get easily hauled and set up where ever you need to work..

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If you've already worked up your own mount now, post up a picture.. I like to see what others have done .. innovations, etc..
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Chit Chat / Reply by Email - filters/parsers & notifications
Last post by rjm -
After some "idle" time I have been trying to accomplish a reply  by email while seeing ONLY the written reply text on the start of the notification email that also contains the sender's text (after "The text of the reply is shown below:".

after some puzzling (first of all: I didn't know what exactly was meant with delimiters in filters as well as in parsers configuration. A little internet search showed up with e.g. https://www.php.net/manual/en/regexp.reference.delimiters.php. Hence - PHP delimiters).

Finally I specified the following with parsers:
Quote\n.*(Full\ Name|email@forum\.example\.com).*
(shown without delimiters)

This works perfectly well and includes the typical date/recipient text "At <date/time> <name> <email> wrote:" of email clients when reply is initiated.
The regexp triggers on either full name as specified in Site Name to use for the email or the email-address as specified in Reply-To and From email address. Because it removes not only this sentence from line start, but all of the reply till its end, including quote text, I don't need taking care about the difference of plain text quoting or html-mail quoting (of course, things are more difficult if I'd intend to let the plain quoted text pass the filter - for the case that anyone wants to cite one or two sentences).

BTW: the same regexp string does not work correctly when specified in the filters section. Then only the date/recipient text is removed, despite the .* quantifier at its end.

The folllowing I regard as a bit of a problem:
  • notification is of course necessary when reply by email is used by individual forum users. However, my experience is: notification is switched of automatically when a send a new posting in any thread. Or also when new posts have arrived (but this seems not deterministic). I don't know how to arrange that notifications only change state by manual operation
  • In notification mails with posting text, the posting content is not visible at first glance. I'd wish to have a line of "====================" after "The text of the reply is shown below:", or at least an empty line in between.
  • Writing a reply by email requires BBcode formatting syntax knowledge. That's a serious disadvantage, since BBcode is getting outdated. I'd suggest that simple wiki style formatting be added to Elkarte, e.g. some Markdown styles or Dokuwiki (**bold**, //italic//, underline styles (hmm, I see that underlines produces bold in Elkarte...). Nevertheless, one Markdown formatting style (">" for quoting) is already implemented.  :grin: 
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Chit Chat / Re: Stress relief
Last post by Steeley -
Quote from: badmonkey –
Quote from: Steeley – I trust that you refer to kicking back and burning the 2x4 scrap after completing the construction project..  :smiley:

But if that's cedar, I could have used that.. :thinking:
Not exactly. Good eye on the two by.

I was camping in the Uwharrie National Forest. Importing firewood from other locales is a big no-no, as you're likely aware. You can buy locally cut wood. Usually it's about $7 or $8 for a handful of matchsticks. The two bys were an experiment: less than $3 for a two by, kiln dried (so no pest transfer concerns, and no grief from a ranger), easy lighting, easy storage, cost effective in relative terms, and readily available. They burned longer than I imagined too. I'll call it a win!

Well, I've had 2x's on my mind for awhile lately..   for background, we have to go back about 22 years .....

My house was built in 1973, and I bought it in 1989.. the driveway transverses across the front of the house to the garage (from this view, the garage is behind you to your right), which compelled the builder to construct the front porch thusly..  crappy design - the steps were too long for one normal step, and too short for two normal steps.. and no covering from above... sheesh.

2002.jpg

By 2002, being rained on for nigh on 30 years, that front porch was pretty sad - constructed of redwood, I decided it was definitely unsafe and had to be replaced (the wood was so far gone I tore chunks of it out with my bare hands). Now, because it was a "repair" I didn't need to pull a building permit.. (but nothing says I can't improve things a little bit, right? ..)  :undecided:

So in 2003 I designed and built a new porch and steps out of cedar, make it a little fancier too, ya know... and of course, needed to extend the roof line 5' to protect it.. the "California Gutters" (a 2x8 nailed to the end of the 2x6 rafters creating a channel sealed with some faux rubber crap), may be acceptable in Desert Hot Springs, but not here in the Pacific Northwet..) :persevere:   That too just HAD to go..  All part of the "repair", you see...

2002-1.jpg   2002-2.jpg

Well, after another 20 years I came to realize I really should have extended the roof a bit further, since the lower steps were still being rained on and were starting to rot out too (gotta look past my motorcycles to see what I mean..)

2022.JPG


And if you notice, every one of those steps are composed of 3 cedar boards of custom cut size and shape..  no two are alike.

So I ripped the lower steps out, beefed up the understructure (originally done with treated lumber) and commenced to replace the steps with new cedar boards, this time varnished with several coats of 'Innovative' Wood Guard "no slip" coating.  So yea - I'm tuned into 2x4's and 2x6's lately.

I also took my belt sander to a couple of boards I'm not going to replace, to verify the underlying wood was still close to the "new" color with all the dirt sanded off (which it is), so when I get all the steps I'm going to replace in place, I'll sand the rest of the steps down and seal them with the same wood guard. 

2023.jpg

However, the project is going slower than planned because when the weather is this nice, I wanna go RIDE!  :cool:

(But when it's all done, I'll too vanquish some stress by burning the scrap..)



 
 
 
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Chit Chat / Re: Stress relief
Last post by badmonkey -
Quote from: Steeley – I trust that you refer to kicking back and burning the 2x4 scrap after completing the construction project..  :smiley:

But if that's cedar, I could have used that.. :thinking:
Not exactly. Good eye on the two by. 


I was camping in the Uwharrie National Forest. Importing firewood from other locales is a big no-no, as you're likely aware. You can buy locally cut wood. Usually it's about $7 or $8 for a handful of matchsticks. The two bys were an experiment: less than $3 for a two by, kiln dried (so no pest transfer concerns, and no grief from a ranger), easy lighting, easy storage, cost effective in relative terms, and readily available. They burned longer than I imagined too. I'll call it a win!