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David Williams

writes:

Thanks Fredxx. I am using the Google groups forum site so not sure
why it doesn't quite the text.

explaining (un)quoted text, so snipped the Bowden cable details

I guess you're using a device with a small screen, so don't get
offered quoted text. You can work around this.

Google Groups comes in (at least) two forms - mobile/phone/tablet
and desktop - and it decides which form to offer you first, based
on how your device and browser identify themselves.

The mobile version doesn't supply quoted text.

My workarounds a

1 Ask for the desktop version by clicking the Desktop link at the
bottom of the Google Groups web page. This gets you the quoted
text but in a small working space, especially so if you are
using an onscreen keyboard. It's OK for short questions and
answers but clumsy for anything more.

2 Use the desktop version to get the quoted text and then copy it
to a text editor app for full-screen work before returning to
Google Groups to paste your edited text.

It's OK to trim the quoted text if it's long. Do keep the name of
the person you are replying to and enough of the quoted text to
help readers understand your reply or comment.

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David